Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
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The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section is a specialized unit of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes cybercrime and intellectual property offenses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section canonical | 2 |
| Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T460199 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section Context triple: [Criminal Division, hasSubUnit, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section]
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A.
Computer Crimes Unit
The Computer Crimes Unit is a specialized division of the Massachusetts State Police that investigates and analyzes technology-related and cyber-enabled criminal activity.
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B.
Committee on Information Technology
The Committee on Information Technology is a body within the Judicial Conference of the United States responsible for overseeing and advising on information technology policy and systems for the federal judiciary.
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C.
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
The Subcommittee on Intellectual Property is a panel of the U.S. Senate that focuses on legislation and oversight related to patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property issues.
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D.
Law and Policy Section
The Law and Policy Section is a unit within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division that handles legal policy, legislative, and appellate matters related to environmental and natural resource law.
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E.
CIS
The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) is a regional intergovernmental organization formed by several former Soviet republics to facilitate cooperation in political, economic, and security matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section Target entity description: The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section is a specialized unit of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes cybercrime and intellectual property offenses.
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A.
Computer Crimes Unit
The Computer Crimes Unit is a specialized division of the Massachusetts State Police that investigates and analyzes technology-related and cyber-enabled criminal activity.
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B.
Committee on Information Technology
The Committee on Information Technology is a body within the Judicial Conference of the United States responsible for overseeing and advising on information technology policy and systems for the federal judiciary.
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C.
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
The Subcommittee on Intellectual Property is a panel of the U.S. Senate that focuses on legislation and oversight related to patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property issues.
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D.
Law and Policy Section
The Law and Policy Section is a unit within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division that handles legal policy, legislative, and appellate matters related to environmental and natural resource law.
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E.
CIS
The CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) is a regional intergovernmental organization formed by several former Soviet republics to facilitate cooperation in political, economic, and security matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency section
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law enforcement unit ⓘ prosecution unit ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer |
attorneys
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federal prosecutors ⓘ policy analysts ⓘ support staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botnets
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computer crime ⓘ computer forensics ⓘ computer fraud ⓘ computer hacking and intellectual property (CHIP) prosecutions ⓘ copyright infringement ⓘ critical infrastructure protection (cyber) ⓘ cybercrime ⓘ cybersecurity policy ⓘ denial-of-service attacks ⓘ digital evidence ⓘ digital piracy enforcement ⓘ digital rights enforcement ⓘ domain name crime ⓘ electronic commerce crime ⓘ electronic communications law ⓘ electronic evidence policy ⓘ electronic surveillance ⓘ identity theft ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ intellectual property offenses ⓘ intellectual property policy ⓘ international cybercrime cooperation ⓘ international intellectual property enforcement ⓘ internet fraud ⓘ malware ⓘ mutual legal assistance in cyber cases ⓘ national security cyber matters ⓘ network intrusions ⓘ online child exploitation ⓘ online copyright enforcement ⓘ online financial crime ⓘ online marketplace enforcement ⓘ online trademark enforcement ⓘ phishing ⓘ privacy and data protection ⓘ ransomware ⓘ software piracy ⓘ trade secret theft ⓘ trademark counterfeiting ⓘ transnational organized cybercrime ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| partOf |
Criminal Division
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surface form:
Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| role |
advises on digital search and seizure issues
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advises on electronic surveillance under U.S. law ⓘ coordinates national cybercrime enforcement strategy ⓘ coordinates national intellectual property enforcement strategy ⓘ coordinates with foreign law enforcement on cyber investigations ⓘ develops policy on computer crime and intellectual property ⓘ drafts and reviews legislation on cybercrime and electronic evidence ⓘ handles complex, multi-district cybercrime prosecutions ⓘ handles complex, multi-district intellectual property prosecutions ⓘ investigates cybercrime offenses ⓘ investigates intellectual property offenses ⓘ participates in international working groups on cybercrime ⓘ prosecutes cybercrime offenses ⓘ prosecutes intellectual property offenses ⓘ provides legal guidance on electronic evidence ⓘ provides training to prosecutors and investigators ⓘ represents the United States in international cybercrime negotiations ⓘ supports Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) units in U.S. Attorney’s Offices ⓘ |
| shortName | CCIPS ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section Description of subject: The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section is a specialized unit of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes cybercrime and intellectual property offenses.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
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Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
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this entity surface form:
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division