US Capitol Capsule: Obama takes aim at trade secret thieves, counterfeiters
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
With the annual loss to the American economy from intellectual property (IP) theft at about $300 billion – plus millions of jobs lost – the Obama administration last week launched the second stage of its plan of attack against counterfeiters, patent infringers and cybercriminals that are stealing corporate trade and US government secrets.