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On January 22, 2013, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) received the National IP and Technology Transfer Policy Award for its Patents for Humanity initiative.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations today announced the results of ongoing efforts to protect America from the trade of counterfeit and pirated goods during fiscal year 2012 in the annual Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Fiscal Year 2012 Seizure Statistics Report.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the October 1, 2012 launch of a new Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) partnership with the patent office of the Czech Republic, and the planned launch of two more PPH partnerships with the patent offices of the Philippines and Portugal in January 2013.
On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder and other senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials announced more than $2.4 million in grants to thirteen jurisdictions around the United States to combat the sale and purchase of counterfeit and pirated products.
In its recent coverage of a large-scale seizure of counterfeit goods by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport, ABC World News cited STOPfakes.gov as its source for key information on the effects of counterfeiting and piracy on the U.S. economy.
