£3m injected into PIPCU as part of UK piracy and fraud crackdown
The UK government has invested £3m into the City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), a force designed to fight against digital piracy and counterfeit goods.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe, the minister for intellectual property, has announced the funding during the Anti-Counterfeiting Group Conference in London.
As a result, the one-year-old PIPCU will operate for at least an additional two years, leading through to 2017.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe said: “We’ve seen significant success in PIPCU’s first year of operation and this extra support will help the unit to build on this impressive record in the fight against intellectual property crime, which costs the UK Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
