By CONGRESSDAILY STAFF
Entertainment industry attorney Tom Perrelli, President Obama's choice for associate attorney general, told the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing today that existing U.S. intellectual property laws "don't seem to be addressing the problem" of global counterfeiting and piracy.
Perrelli said he hoped to bring a renewed focus to the issue. "This committee was the source of a bill that created a broader IP position through the administration," he pointed out, referring to legislation, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and signed into law in October that toughened civil and criminal IP laws and created an IP czar within the White House. That position is now vacant and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has urged the administration to fill it. As managing partner of Jenner & Block's Washington office and co-chairman of the firm's entertainment practice, Perrelli represented record labels and movie studios in copyright cases. He previously served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration.
Despite some GOP resistance, the panel is expected to approve his nomination, as well as that of Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan for solicitor general, after the Presidents Day recess.
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