Seyfarth Shaw LLP - Robert Milligan and Darren W. Dummit; Self-Driving to Federal Prison: The Trade Secret Theft Saga of Anthony Levandowski Continues
"Judge Aslup, while steadfastly respectful of Levandowski as a good person and as a brilliant man who the world would learn a lot listening to, nevertheless found prison time to be the best available deterrent to engineers and employees privy to trade secrets worth billions of dollars to competitors: “You’re giving the green light to every future engineer to steal trade secrets,” he told Levandowski’s attorneys. “Prison time is the answer to that.” To further underscore the importance of deterring similar behavior in the high stakes tech world, Judge Aslup required Levandowski to give the aforementioned public speeches describing how he went to prison."
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Friday, June 15, 2012
German court sentences founder of illegal movie downloading platform to prison term; Associated Press via Washington Post, 6/14/12
Associated Press via Washington Post; German court sentences founder of illegal movie downloading platform to prison term:
"A German court has convicted the founder of an illegal movie downloading platform of breaching copyright laws and sentenced him to four years and six months in prison."
"A German court has convicted the founder of an illegal movie downloading platform of breaching copyright laws and sentenced him to four years and six months in prison."
Monday, December 7, 2009
Feds Prosecuting More Counterfeiters, IP Pirates; Wired, 12/3/09
David Kravets, Wired; Feds Prosecuting More Counterfeiters, IP Pirates:
"Federal prosecutions of criminal counterfeiting and copyright infringement cases have jumped over the past five years, as have IP-related prison terms, according to a Justice Department report.
The congressionally required report reviewed dozens of cases involving counterfeited pharmaceutical drugs, toothpaste, oil pipeline couplings, sports jerseys, DVDs and software. Movie camcording was also included.
The increases in sentences and prosecutions came even though one-third fewer IP cases were referred to federal authorities for prosecution (.pdf). There were 565 referrals in 2004 and 365 in 2008, the last year for which figures were compiled, according to data compiled in The PRO-IP ACT First Annual Report 2008-2009.
That said, the number of actual prosecutions increased from 2004 to 2008, despite fewer forwarded cases. Prison sentences have varied but generally have also been getting more severe.
While more defendants are getting terms in the one- to five-year range, the number of defendants getting no time has increased as well, from 79 in 2004 to 107 last year. Just three defendants got more than five years in 2008, down from 16 the prior year.
The report was required under the PRO-IP Act, which President George W. Bush signed last year. The act, which aims to bolster the United States’ enforcement of intellectual property crimes worldwide, (.pdf) also created a so-called copyright czar.
The position is on par with the nation’s drug czar. Obama’s pick for the position, Victoria Espinel, has been approved by the Senate Judiciary and is waiting for confirmation by the full Senate."
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/federal-counterfeiting-prosecutions/
"Federal prosecutions of criminal counterfeiting and copyright infringement cases have jumped over the past five years, as have IP-related prison terms, according to a Justice Department report.
The congressionally required report reviewed dozens of cases involving counterfeited pharmaceutical drugs, toothpaste, oil pipeline couplings, sports jerseys, DVDs and software. Movie camcording was also included.
The increases in sentences and prosecutions came even though one-third fewer IP cases were referred to federal authorities for prosecution (.pdf). There were 565 referrals in 2004 and 365 in 2008, the last year for which figures were compiled, according to data compiled in The PRO-IP ACT First Annual Report 2008-2009.
That said, the number of actual prosecutions increased from 2004 to 2008, despite fewer forwarded cases. Prison sentences have varied but generally have also been getting more severe.
While more defendants are getting terms in the one- to five-year range, the number of defendants getting no time has increased as well, from 79 in 2004 to 107 last year. Just three defendants got more than five years in 2008, down from 16 the prior year.
The report was required under the PRO-IP Act, which President George W. Bush signed last year. The act, which aims to bolster the United States’ enforcement of intellectual property crimes worldwide, (.pdf) also created a so-called copyright czar.
The position is on par with the nation’s drug czar. Obama’s pick for the position, Victoria Espinel, has been approved by the Senate Judiciary and is waiting for confirmation by the full Senate."
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/federal-counterfeiting-prosecutions/
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