The new economic warriors: FBI agents In the past prosecutors would only pursue an intellectual property rights case when a complaint was filed, and companies whose rights were infringed had to hire their own investigators to uncover evidence. Evidence was difficult to collect, and about half of all cases resulted in the courts not finding the defendants in any way liable.
FBI 捍衛經濟戰場再說，以往多數侵權案件，如著作權等屬於告訴乃論，原告要自己雇請私家偵探、明察暗訪地找證據；在證據不易蒐集下，幾乎有一半以上被起訴的侵權案件最後是以無罪開釋收場。