Intellectual property is defined as someone’s ideas, creative expressions and inventions. This involves a wide variety of things from trade secrets to parts of books, songs, movies and software. Digital technology and file sharing has brought this type of crime front and center. There is evidence that many of these crimes are taking place overseas. No longer does a thief have to physically be where the “property” is; a click of a mouse is all it takes. And the internet has made it so that the thief can be in the same room or around the world.
Preventing this type of crime is a priority with the FBI due to the possible effect on the public’s health and safety. Think of how dangerous it is to have counterfeit electronics parts being installed into critical systems. Think about counterfeit aircraft or cars. What about inferior copied food products that sicken the population? National security is another concern. Stealing plans and ideas can lead to extremely dangerous situations for the public. The FBI criminal investigations team is constantly on the lookout for this sort of thing.
Keeping intellectual property theft is more than just protecting a logo or words in a book or song. Stopping this crime has become more and more complicated with modern technology. Those involved with stealing intellectual property have developed as fast as a way to stop them becomes available. They try to remain one step ahead of authorities. The FBI works closely with local and state authorities as well as those on international levels. Only with this joint cooperation will intellectual property theft be stopped.
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