Criminal enforcement of intellectual property
Subtitle: a handbook of contemporary research
By: edited by Christophe Geiger
Series: Research handbooks in intellectual property; Research handbooks in intellectual property
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781849801461; 9781781005149
Subjects: Intellectual property; Criminal liability
Description: This wide-ranging Research Handbook is the first to offer a stimulating and systematic review of the framework for criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights. If counterfeiting constitutes an ever-growing international phenomenon with major economic and social repercussions, potentially affecting consumer safety and public health, the question of which are the appropriate instruments to enforce IP rights is a complex and sensitive one. Although criminal penalties can constitute strong and effective means of enforcement, serious doubts exist as to whether criminal sanctions are appropriate in every infringement situation. Drawing on legal, economic, historical and judicial perspectives, this book provides a differentiated sector-by-sector approach to the question of enforcement, and draws useful conclusions for future legislative initiatives at European, international and national levels.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.