Written Statement of Kevin J. O'Connor, Chairman of the Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property, at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Intellectual Property E...(ce as part of a focused outreach to the ...),Health

Date:11/7/2007

ce, as part of a focused outreach to the private sector, the Department hosted a series of training conferences for IP rights holders on topics including, 1) the investigation and prosecution of federal IP cases, 2) the parameters for permissible cooperation and assistance in federal investigations by private rights holders, and 3) procedures and tips for how best to report criminal violations of the copyright, trademark, and trade secret laws. The latest such victims' rights conference was sponsored jointly with the Business Software Alliance on May 22, 2007, in San Jose, California. More than 80 members of industry from Silicon Valley attended the one-day training conference that covered, among other things, criminal case studies and a detailed presentation on the permissible and appropriate parameters for industry's assistance to federal law enforcement. A similar conference, planned for Miami on November 28, 2007, will be co-hosted by the Department of Justice and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Thanks in no small part to the efforts of Chris Israel, the Coordinator for International IP, the Department has been able to work effectively with other STOP agencies to support important Department initiatives. For example, just last month, the Department held the first-ever IP Crimes Enforcement Network Conference, in Bangkok, Thailand. I will say more about the conference later in my remarks, but I mention it here because this unprecedented gathering of senior law enforcement officials would not have been possible without a State Department grant and the assistance of the US Patent and Trademark Office, which co-hosted the event with the Department and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Additionally, the Department supports the IP enforcement missions of other Departments and agencies, including the Special 301 process and Free Trade Agreement negotiations run by the U.S. Trade Representative; the State Department's IP Training Coordination Grou
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