The law states that, in general terms, economic espionage is “the unlawful or clandestine targeting or acquisition of sensitive financial, trade or economic policy information proprietary economic information or technological information.” Formally, The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA), 18 U.S.C.
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Code and is therefore a criminal statute.
State Department’s Intellectual Property Enforcement (IPE) office that private attorneys could contact for help when representing clients in international IP cases. To achieve these goals, I propose three main policy options: primarily, the legal departments within the Department of Justice (DOJ) should be merged to cut down the number of department filters through which economic espionage cases pass second, amendments should be made to the language of section 6001 of the IRTPA and incorporated into the EEA third, there should be an issuance of another organizational amendment that establishes a primary point of contact/bureau within the U.S. intelligence community is equipped with the proper legal tools to promote the successful prosecution of those guilty of economic espionage. Additionally, the government must ensure that the U.S. Corporate America and smaller private firms that develop unique and original trade secrets require bolstered laws and stronger educational programs that assist in the defense against intellectual property (IP) theft. trade secrets continues to puzzle Intelligence Community officials and lawmakers alike.Ĭrimes of industrial espionage have become some of the biggest threats to American national security in the 21 st century and often result in failed litigation. The ideas presented in this essay come at a crucial time when forward thinking regarding the issue of how best to tackle and prosecute the known attempts at stealing U.S.
This paper seeks to examine the technicalities that limit the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) and offer policy recommendations for enhancing its practicality and bolstering its usefulness as a tool to fight economic espionage found to be committed against the United States. This article was originally published in the Summer 2020 edition of IWP’s student journal, Active Measures.
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