Good piece in Manufacturing.net on the need to get tougher on intellectual property theft

"If you ask [Marlin Steel President Drew] Greenblatt, and those involved with NAJI ... there needs to be a federal mandate against IP abuse. Greenblatt says the federal government has, so far, been “AWOL” on the topic. And while NAJI is not directly lobbying the government on a particular course of action, Greenblatt argues that any future trade agreements with countries notorious for IP theft need to incorporate “very stringent” laws to protect American-made innovations and to level the IT cost playing field. Read more ...