Wednesday, November 17, 2010

California Enacts New Anti-Piracy / Anti-Counterfeiting Penalties: Read My Article On The California Bar Association IP Section's Website

California recently enacted two new state anti-piracy/anti-counterfeiting laws, amending the California Penal Code to increase the maximum fines available for piracy and counterfeiting offenses and updating certain prohibitions to include new technologies.

I was recently asked to write an article about the new laws for the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, along with my colleague, Melissa Malone.

The article provides useful background and context about the new legislation and summarizes the provisions of the two laws. It is available here.