Cities are eligible for grants through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy These grants for law enforcement activities related to intellectual property. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete.
The goal of this program is to improve the coordination of IP enforcement efforts among federal, state, and local authorities, which contribute to DOJ’s priority of reducing crime. This coordination will include IP task force members and federal agencies meeting to update, discuss, and collaborate on IP investigations, prosecutions, training, and public awareness activities. The information to be shared through these task forces must include information about targeting, investigation, analysis, and prosecution of matters involving IP crimes as they relate to violations of state and local criminal statutes and federal prosecutions.
Applicants must propose to achieve improved coordination of IP enforcement efforts among federal, state, and local authorities in their jurisdictions. Specifically, they must propose to aggressively investigate and prosecute IP crimes, with a particular focus on:
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