Make brand piracy a crime: Jaitley

new delhi: expressing concern over increased counterfeiting including brand piracy the government said today such commercial offences have to be brought under criminal offences and simplified legal procedures should be introduced for compensating the victim. "unless we create simplified legal procedures where you are able to pinch the pocket of copiers, one cannot compensate the legitimate," minister for law arun jaitley said here. addressing a seminar on ‘protecting brands- a war against counterfeit-ing’, organised by ficci, he said such commercial offences had to be brought under criminal procedure. citing that there was fema against money made through smuggling, poto for terrorism and narcotics act for drugs, he said simple methods needed to be evolved for compensating legitimate industry.