Bill Would Create Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow the U.S. Attorney General to bring civil actions against Americans that violate copyrights. The bill, the "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008", was scheduled to be introduced, according to Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who authored the bill along with Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).