S. 522 would safeguard the economic health of the United States and the health and safety of the United States citizens by improving the management, coordination, and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property rights enforcement.
Detailed Summary
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act - Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000 to repeal provisions establishing the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council.
Establishes the Intellectual Property Enforcement Network (IPEN), consisting of specified representatives of various government agencies, to: (1) establish policies, objectives, and priorities concerning international intellectual property protection and law enforcement; (2) coordinate and facilitate implementation of such policies, objectives, and priorities; and (3) protect U.S. intellectual property rights overseas, including by creating an international task force.
Requires the agencies in IPEN to: (1) share the information they collect; (2) coordinate civil and criminal actions related to intellectual property rights; (3) establish formal processes for consulting and working with state and local government agencies and consulting with companies, writers, artists, labor unions, and other interested persons and groups; and (4) consult with the Register of Copyrights on law enforcement matters.
Urges the President and relevant agency officers, when meeting with certain foreign countries, to stress the importance of establishing and participating in the international task force.
Requires the Director of the Office of Mangement and Budget and the Coordinator of IPEN to submit to the President and the relevant congressional committees a strategic plan, which includes the goals, objectives, and priorities of IPEN.
Calls for other government intellectual property initiatives to be consolidated into the work of IPEN to prevent duplication.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Visitor Comments
Josh Taylor
June 8, 2008, 12:48am (report abuse)In other words, your house is now considered a facility whether you use it for piracy or not. It's the new War on Drugs.
Bill
July 30, 2008, 3:08pm (report abuse)I'm taking a list of everyone who supports this bill with me when I vote in November. I am voting AGAINST every person who supports it. I'm going to do my small part to get the puppets of big media out of our government. It's time for a change.
gene
December 13, 2008, 8:20pm (report abuse)Severe actions by the public like jury nullification has to begin. Both Directv and the RIAA have sued those they knew were innocent. When you sue an innocent person you have had to lie in the court complaint. The act of lying in a court complaint to force settlement money is a crime. The victim of that crime then asks government to protect them against the fraudulent filing. The plea oif the crime victim falls on deaf ears. Justice does nothing to assist in arresting directv or RIAA for fraudulent court filing for gains. In order to put Justice on the right side of the law and protect innocent people, people need to do just what justice has done in these cases. Ignore Justice. The next time you are a Juror or a witness, ignore justice just like justice has done to those innocent people sued by directv and the RIAA. When enough jurors and witness ignore justice, then justice will have to get back to there job of protecting innocent people from such fraudulent lawsuits.