several states, including Louisiana and Washington, have passed specifically tailored legislation to address the problem directly, including unfair competition laws that extend basic prohibition against "unfair methods of competition" and explicitly requiring manufacturers whose products are sold in their states to verify that properly licensed software is used in their business operations.8 If manufacturers are found to have used stolen IT, they may be subject to liability if their products are sold in these states in competition with products that were made without the use of stolen IT, regardless of where the manufacturing took place or the IT theft occurred.