New US IP Task Force To Combat IP “Crimes” 12/02/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)A new United States Department of Justice task force casts enforcement against IP violations as a matter of public protection, and will be dedicated to opposing these IP “crimes.” “The rise in intellectual property crime in the United States and abroad threatens not only our public safety but also our economic wellbeing,” said US Attorney General Eric Holder, according to a press release. This task force will, the press release adds, work closely with the administrations Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator to draft the new White House’s IP policy, and also has plans to work with foreign law enforcement. The new development follows a December meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, who the release calls a “long-standing champion of US” IP rights holders. Also in December, advisor to US Patent and Trademark Office Justin Hughes told Intellectual Property Watch the Obama administration was committed to a “more thoughtful, reflective and modulated IP policy that protects the interests of IP holders and creators while serving the interests of civil society” (IPW, WIPO, 22 December 2009). But this new development from the Justice Department raises questions as to just how modulated the US approach will be. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "New US IP Task Force To Combat IP “Crimes”" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.