The investigation of “counterfeiting, fraud, unauthorized access, fraudulent...

The investigation of “counterfeiting, fraud, unauthorized access, fraudulent use of domain names,” and other crimes that affect intellectual property will fall to the newly formed Intellectual Property Protection Division of the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), said SIAA in a blog post Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1b7Jd1o). The new scope of SIIA comes from an understanding “that companies’ intellectual property needs no longer begin and end with piracy,” said Keith Kupferschmid, SIIA general counsel, in the post. “While software and content piracy remains commonplace, new infractions -- like illegal access to software and content in the cloud and misuse of popular brands online to defraud consumers -- are becoming far more prevalent,” he said.