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U.S. Funds World-Wide IP Infringement Enforcement

By Stephanie Robinson

The United States government has earmarked money for intellectual property enforcement education and training for many foreign nations. Countries including China, Brazil and several located in sub-Saharan Africa as well as Interpol will work with U.S. officials to collaborate in the delivery of IP rights-protection training. The projects being funded have diverse aims. One Latin-American program will focus on training judges from Peru, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay regarding digital copyright piracy crimes, while another in that region will be directed at combating the sale of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. China ? which has been devoting increasing effort to IP enforcement in response to rampant piracy and counterfeit-goods problems within its borders ? will be participating in three different, regional programs providing training for judges, prosecutors and other enforcement officials and also aiming to strengthen regional cooperation. In another project, U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials will be working with Interpol to deliver training workshops for developing countries. The U.S. government continues to fund initiatives to protect intellectual property abroad and to pressure foreign governments to actively prevent copyright infringement and software piracy. With IP rights-infringement issues generally much more prevalent in Asia, Latin America and developing countries, it is hoped that such programs will help to thwart copyright infringement and to reduce the availability and production of counterfeit goods.

Full post as published by Business and Technology Law on December 27, 2010 (boomark / email).