OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement
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Award recipients will support law enforcement agencies that have an IP enforcement task force or plan to create one.
These task forces will collaborate with relevant state, local, territorial, tribal, and federal agencies, including their local U. S. Attorney’s Office (USAO), to fulfill the program’s goals
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2022-171289
Additional Information of Eligibility:Eligible applicants include law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.
For the purpose of this solicitation, the following definitions shall apply: (A) "Law enforcement" shall include state, local, tribal, municipal, or campus law enforcement agencies, to include prosecutors in these jurisdictions.
(B) "Intellectual property enforcement" means matters relating to the enforcement of criminal laws protecting copyrights, patents, trademarks, other forms of intellectual property, and trade secrets, both in the United States and abroad, including in particular matters relating to combating counterfeit and infringing goods.
(C) "State" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Successful applicants under the FY 2021 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy are not eligible to apply for this funding in FY 2022.
They can reapply for funding in FY 2023.
Full Opportunity Web Address:https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2022-171289Contact: Agency Email Description: Technical Assistance
Agency Email: Date Posted: 2022-04-21
Application Due Date: Archive Date: 2022-06-19