Intellectual property crime.
Owners of intellectual property rights are able to protect their rights through a civil remedies. But the possibility of civil penalties is not sufficient to violate deterrence steal business secrets or other trademarks, copyrights or patents. (1) indeed, some thieves of intellectual property believes that civil actions for damages only an additional cost of the activity. It was estimated that the theft of intellectual property to the USA cost more than $ 300 billion in 1997, with high-tech firms most frequently used in a targeted manner. (2) A recent study sponsored by American Society for Industrial Security estimated that in 1999, Fortune 1000 companies lost just over $ 45 billion theft of trade secrets. (3)
The lack of deterrence in the context of mechanisms of civil society, the federal government and most states to adopt statutes designed to prevent the theft of intellectual property. They are usually written status wide, including intellectual property, which is involved in each case. Other laws are in particular on the nature of intellectual property protection is sought. These provisions are more and more frequency on deterrence and punishment of perpetrators.
This article focuses on several areas of intellectual property rights in the context of criminal prosecutions. Section H covers theft of secrets, while Chapter III discusses piracy. Section IV-Addresses against copyright. Section V examines the new problems posed by the online server, while Chapter VI deals with patents and Section VII of crime in the art. The last section VIII discussed intellectual property condemnation of the crime.
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