DOJ Provides $1.9 Mil In IP Grants
Almost $2 million in grants for criminal intellectual property enforcement will be sent to law enforcement agencies around the country to improve their ability to investigate, prosecute and prevent intellectual property infringement, the Justice Department announced Thursday. The $1.9 million in grants represent the first wave of funding resulting from the federal Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, which passed Congress and was enacted last year.
"This funding is important in identifying and stopping criminal activity associated with intellectual property piracy. These criminal activities are a threat to our national well being and insult to those who create and develop products, goods and services for the benefit of the general public," said Laurie Robinson, acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Justice Programs.
The grantees include:
Attorney General's Office, Mississippi ($200,000)
Bronx County District Attorney, New York ($43,718)
Chesterfield County, Virginia ($199,919)
City of Los Angeles, California ($199,995)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, California ($200,000)
New York City, New York ($200,000)
North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State ($44,485)
National Association of Attorneys General, D.C. ($450,000)
National White Collar Crime Center, Virginia ($450,000)
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