Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)

Intellectual Property Documents


 

• Two Sentenced in First Theft of Trade Secrets Case Prosecuted in Middle District of Florida (January 28, 2002)

• First Defendants in One of the World’s Most Sophisticated Internet Piracy Syndicates Charged in L.A. (January 22, 2002)

• Two Brooklyn Men Indicted in Connection with Largest Seizure of Counterfeit DVDs in United States History (January 11, 2002)

• Defendant Who Operated www.fakegifts.com Sentenced (December 17, 2001)

• Russian National Enters into Agreement with the United States on First Digital Millennium Copyright Act Case (December 13, 2001)
  
  
• Federal Law Enforcement Targets International Internet Piracy Syndicates (December 11, 2001)
  
  
• Silicon Valley Man Sentenced to Economic Espionage Act Violation Relating to Intel Trade Secrets (December 11, 2001)
  
  
• Santa Clara Man Sentenced for Theft of Trade Secrets (December 4, 2001)
  
  
• Man Indicted For Auctioning Pirated Software On Ebay (Nov. 28, 2001)
  
  

• Liberty, Mississippi Woman Convicted of Distributing Copyrighted Videotapes Through Her Video Rental Business (November 21, 2001)

• U.S. Customs Seizes $100 Million in Pirated Computer Software, Biggest Case in U.S. History (November 16, 2001)

• Millersburg, Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Selling and Distributing Illegal Satellite TV Cards (October 1, 2001)

• First Indictment Under Digital Millennium Copyright Act Returned Against Russian National, Company, in San Jose, California (August 28, 2001)

• Two Defendants Sentenced for Distribution and Sales of Counterfeit Copyrighted Computer Software (August 7, 2001)

• Millersburg, Ohio Man Indicted for Selling and Distributing Illegal Satellite TV Cards (August 7, 2001)

• Former Corning Inc. Employee Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets in Rochester, New York (July 31, 2001)

• Attorney General Ashcroft's Speech Announcing Expansion of CHIP Program and Establishment of Nine New CHIP units (July 20, 2001)

• Fact sheet on Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) units (July 20, 2001)
  
  

• Russian Man Charged in California under Digital Millennium Copyright Act with Circumventing Adobe eBook Reader (July 17, 2001)

• West Valley Man Sentenced to 10 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking in Counterfeit Video Tapes (July 17, 2001)

• San Gabriel Valley, California Woman Arrested for Trafficking in Counterfeit Microsoft Computer Programs (June 15, 2001)

• Rantoul, Illinois Men Guilty in Satellite T.V. Sting (June 14, 2001)

• Bethesda, Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Copyright Infringement (June 13, 2001)

• Connecticut Man Indicted for Theft of Trade Secrets from Fabricated Metal Products (June 6, 2001)

• Second Man Sentenced in Indiana for Trafficking in Counterfeit Computer Software (June 1, 2001)

• Novel Criminal Copyright Infringement Issues Related to the Internet, David Goldstone and Michael O’Leary, USA Bulletin (May 2001)
  
  
• The Economic Espionage Act of 1996: An Overview, George "Toby" Dilworth, USA Bulletin
  (May 2001)
  
  

• Former Lucent Employees and Co-Conspirator Indicted in Newark, New Jersey for Theft of Lucent Trade Secrets (May 31, 2001)

• Software Pirate Guilty of Copyright Infringement Under NET Act (May 15, 2001)

• Lucent Scientists Arrested, Charged with Stealing Tech Secrets for Joint Venture with China-controlled Company (May 3, 2001)

• Wang and Bell Imaging Plead Guilty in California Plead Guilty to Theft and Copying of Acuson Corporation Trade Secrets (April 26, 2001)
  
  
• Two Men from Michigan Charged with Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets from ZirMed.com (April 18, 2001)
  
  
• Former Eugene, Oregon, Resident Sentenced to Prison for Criminal Copyright Infringement (April 16, 2001)
  
  
• Leonid and Michael Kislyansky Sentenced in Cleveland, Ohio on Organized Crime Software Piracy Case (April 3, 2001)
  
  
• Bergenfield, New Jersey Man Admits Selling Pirated Satellite TV Access Cards (April 3, 2001)
  
  
• Deciding Whether to Prosecute an Intellectual Property Case, David Goldstone,
  USA Bulletin (March 2001)
  
  
• Aberdeen, Washington Woman Arrested on Criminal Copyright Infringement Charges for Selling Unauthorized Copies of Sony Games and Movies Over the Internet (March 23, 2001)
  
  
• FBI Sting Captures New York Man Who Stole Trade Secrets from MasterCard and Offered Them for Sale to Visa (March 21, 2001)
  
  
• Two Former Maryland Residents Plead Guilty To Selling Copyrighted Computer Software Online (March 16, 2001)
  
  
• Two Plead Guilty to First Theft of Trade Secrets Case Prosecuted in Middle District of Florida (March 15, 2001)
  
  
• Operators of www.fakegifts.com Web Site Plead Guilty in South Carolina to Selling Counterfeit Luxury Goods Over the Internet (March 7, 2001)
  
  
• Silicon Valley Businessman Pleads Guilty to Hiding Proceeds of Sales of Counterfeit Computer Software (March 6, 2001)
  
  
• Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Microsoft Software(February 26, 2001)
  
  
• Former Police Lieutenant Sentenced for Distributing and Selling Satellite TV Interception Devices (February 23, 2001)
  
  
• Nine Indicted in Chicago in $1 Million "Fastlane" Software Piracy Conspiracy (Feb. 16, 2001)
  
  
• Rhode Island man is sentenced to fourteen months in prison for selling illegal satellite television devices; Thomas Kennedy was caught in Operation Smartcard.net, a nationwide "sting" set up by the Customs Service (Feb. 15, 2001)
  
  
• Former Journalism Student Pleads Guilty to Software Copyright Infringement (January 30, 2001)
  
  
• Man Sentenced in Michigan for Offering Software Programs for Free Downloading on "Hacker Hurricane" Web site (January 30, 2001)
  
  
• Temple Hills Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute 23,892 Bootleg Videocassetes and 58,975 Compact Discs (January 29, 2001)
  
  
• Two Indicted and Arrested in South Carolina for Trafficking in Counterfeit Luxury Goods over www.fakegifts.com Web site (January 29, 2001)

 
• Two Defendants Plead Guilty to Distribution and Sales of Counterfeit Copyrighted Computer Software and Forfeit Ownership of a Domain Name (January 5, 2001)

 
• Justice Department Releases Manual To Address Intellectual Property Crime (Jan. 5, 2001)

 
• Two San Jose Men Plead Guilty in Theft of Trade Secrets Case (January 2, 2001)

 
• Manual for Prosecuting Intellectual Property Crimes (Jan. 2000)

 
• Attorney General Reno's article on "The Threat of Digital Theft: Intellectual property theft is faster, costlier and more dangerous than ever" in theStandard.com (Dec. 25, 2000)

 
• Man Pleads Guilty to Internet Piracy of Star Wars Film (December. 15, 2000)

 
• Woman Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Trafficking in Counterfeit Computer Software (December 4, 2000)

 
• San Francisco Man Arrested on Charges of Trade Secrets Theft (November 21, 2000)

 
• Ohio Man Sentenced on Conviction of Illegally Distributing Satellite Television Access Cards (November 16, 2000)
  
  
• Police Lieutenant Charged With Selling and Distributing Satellite TV Interception Devices (October 18, 2000)
   
• Deputy Assistant Attorney General Patricia Maher's Testimony on Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce (October 3, 2000)

• Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Counterfeit Microsoft Software (September 25, 2000)

• Man Charged with Internet Piracy of Star Wars Film (September 20, 2000)

• G-8 Experts Meeting on Transborder Intellectual Property Crime (September 18-19, 2000)

• Attorney General Janet Reno’s speech before the Symposium of the Americas (September 12, 2000)

• Department of Justice amicus brief in A & M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. (filed Sept. 11, 2000)

• Ohio Man Charged with Illegally Distributing Satellite Television Access Cards (August 18, 2000)

• Undercover Customs Operation Results In Charges And Pleas in Connection With Stolen Satellite Television (August 8, 2000)

• Federal Jury Convicts Four Individuals on Charges of Trademark Counterfeit, Conspiracy for Reselling Infant Formula (July 18, 2000)

• New York Electronic Crimes Task Force Arrests Two Individuals on Charges of Trafficking in Counterfeit Chips and Software (June 22, 2000)

• International Economic Espionage Defendants Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Tejas Procurement Services Case (June 15, 2000)

• Two Californians Arrested by FBI for Counterfeiting High-Security Computer Chips Used in Arcade Video Games (June 2, 2000)

• Texas Woman Charged with Running Ring That Trafficked in Counterfeit Software (May 23, 2000)

• U.S. Indicts 17 in Alleged International Software Piracy Conspiracy (May 4, 2000)

• Three Year Investigation Reveals Black Market Dealings in Counterfeit Sports and Celebrity Memorabilia (April 12, 2000)

 
• Intellectual Property Crime Statistics from the Attorney General’s Annual Report (March 2000)

• Norwood Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Clothing and Accessories (February 23, 2000)

• Speech by Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. at the High-Tech Crime Summit in Washington, D.C. (January 12, 2000)

• Remarks of Eric H. Holder, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, at a Press Conference Announcing the Intellectual Property Rights Initiative, San Jose, California (July 23, 1999)

• Justice Department, FBI and Customs Service to Combat Intellectual Property Crime (July 23, 1999)

• Eric Thornton Pleads Guilty to Charges Filed under the "No Electronic Theft" (NET) Act for Unlawful Distribution of Software on the Internet (December 22, 1999)

• Kent Aoki Lee Charged by Federal Grand Jury with Wire Fraud, Trademark Violations, and Selling Viagra over the Internet Without a Prescription (December 9, 1999)

• International Economic Espionage Defendants Agree to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges (December 9, 1999)

• Defendant Sentenced for First Criminal Copyright Conviction Under the "No Electronic Theft" (NET) Act for Unlawful Distribution of Software on the Internet (November 23, 1999)

• First Criminal Copyright Conviction Under the "No Electronic Theft" (NET) Act for Unlawful Distribution of Software on the Internet (August 20, 1999)

• Four Pillars, P.Y. Yang and Sally Yang convicted of violating the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (April 28, 1999)

• Speech by Roslyn A. Mazer, Special Counsel for Intellectual Property, before the European Commission (March 3, 1999)

• Speech by Roslyn A. Mazer, Special Counsel for Intellectual Property, at the European Institute (November 1998)

• Computer company pleads guilty and agrees to pay $3.3 million in fines and restitution for violation of IBM trademark (November 19, 1998)

• On Tuesday, December 16, 1997, President Clinton signed into law H.R. 2265, the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act

• Summary of statutory amendments

• Relevant portions of 17 U.S.C. and 18 U.S.C. as amended (not redlined)

• Relevant portions of 17 U.S.C. and 18 U.S.C. as amended (redlined version)

• Taiwanese firm, its President and his daughter indicted in industrial espionage case; Third individual charged in Ohio case (October 1, 1997)

• Statement of Kevin V. DiGregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary, presented September 11, 1997, describes how law enforcement is addressing this challenge and expresses the Department's support for the goals of H.R. 2265, The "No Electronic Theft ('NET') Act."  (September 11, 1997)

• A one page Summary of Statement is also available.

• Federal Guidelines for Prosecution of Violations of Intellectual Property Rights (May 1997)

• Operation "Counter Copy"
• Summaries of Cases (April 1997)
• FBI page - Counter Copy Cases (May 1997)
• Press Release (May 8, 1997)

 
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