intellectual property enforcement News

A U.S. woman accused of sharing songs online owes record companies $222,000 for willful copyright violations, a federal appeals court in Minneapolis, Minn., said reversing a lower court’s ruling in a long-running lawsuit over music downloading. A three-judge appeals panel …

The Obama administration has proposed hiring more prosecutors to pursue intellectual property crimes in the new budget as the entertainment industry pressures the U.S. Justice Department to crack down on copyright infringement and counterfeiting. The overall proposed 2013 budget for …