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ICE HSI-led IPR Center and Europol collaboration leads to massive illegal website seizures ahead of Cyber Monday

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IPR Center Consumer Shopping Guide Timeline
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Dec. 2, 2019
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More than 1 million copyright-infringing domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works are now in custody of the federal government, thanks to the combined efforts of law enforcement agencies across the world. Federal agencies, as part of the National Intellectual Property Rights Center (IPR Center), seized the websites during the year leading up to Cyber Monday, Dec. 2, 2019.