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Article: Federal bill to boost enforcement of intellectual property rights filed
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- Lawyers USA
- Article date:
- December 17, 2007
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In a move designed to strengthen laws protecting creative and
intellectual property, members of the House Judiciary Committee have
introduced bipartisan legislation to boost federal enforcement of
copyright and other intellectual property laws.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. D-Mich.,
Ranking Member Lamar Smith, R-Texas, Subcommittee on Courts, the
Internet and Intellectual Property Chairman Howard Berman, D-Calif.
and a number of other committee members have introduced the
"Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property
Act of 2007" to combat what they say is an increasing problem of
pilfering of intangible property rights.
"This legislation is an ...