The Economic Espionage Act deals directly with the theft of intangible trade secrets. Prior to its enactment, Federal prosecutors used laws such as the National Stolen Property Act, the Trade Secrets Act, the Mail and Wire Fraud statutes, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to penalize the misappropriation of trade secrets. Laws covering trademark counterfeiting include the Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1984, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and the Money Laundering Act. The Copyright Act and some of the other laws have been used to address copyright infringement. Pending legislation will extend copyright protection to computer databases and other collections of information. Various laws also apply to the other forms of intellectual property crimes. Several provisions of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are applicable to the theft of intellectual property. Footnotes