Russia definitely supports a new U.S. initiative to curb intellectual property piracy and counterfeiting, officials said Wednesday after bilateral talks.
The Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP) initiative, announced earlier this month, is a collaboration between the U.S. Departments of Justice, Commerce and Homeland Security and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. It aims to thwart international criminal piracy and counterfeiting by crushing criminal networks, protecting U.S. businesses overseas and stopping such goods at U.S. borders.
We definitely support this initiative, Boris Simonov, director general of Russia's Federal Intellectual Property Service, told reporters after two days of bilateral talks sponsored by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office.
The initiative will help address the fact that counterfeit goods are often made in one country, then transported through and sold in others, Simonov said.
The bilateral talks were held with several goals, among them to establish a single set of indicators to gauge Russia's progress on intellectual property protection.
Source: Big News Network
