ICE Reports Big Increase in U.S. Seizures of Fake IP
During fiscal year 2010, efforts to reduce the trade in stolen intellectual property yielded 19,959 seizures, a 34 percent increase over 2009 numbers, said the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Seizures of products that could have harmed consumers, vital infrastructure and national security increased 97 percent over the previous year, and accounted for 23 percent of all intellectual property rights seizures by domestic value, ICE said.