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Criminal Liability for the Infringement of IP Rights: Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights Case Law

Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. Legal Regulation and Its Gaps. – 3. ECtHR Case Law and Its Impact on the Ukrainian Practice. – 4. Concluding Remarks.

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 Ukraine's national legislation and the European Court of Human Rights's case-law outline Сopyright protection. Many cases exist where the public significance and damage from copyright infringement entails holding the guilty person criminally responsible for the transgression. Given copyright infringement cases do not reflect a predominant concern over other crimes, a structured criminal prosecution mechanism does not exist. Thus, the  European Court of Human Rights’ legal positions and instructions intend to eliminate gaps legally regulating criminal liability for copyright infringement. Hence, the legal regulation, its gaps and ECHR case law impacts on Ukrainian practice were analysed. This structure enabled proposing steps for improving legally regulating criminal liability for copyright infringement in Ukraine.

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Voitovych Pavlo

PhD, Assoc. Prof. of the Department of International and European Law, 

National University ‘Odesa Law Academy’, Ukraine,

Ennan Ruslan

PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Department of Intellectual Property Law and Corporate Law, 

National University ‘Odesa Law Academy’, Ukraine

Voloshyna Vladlena

PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Department of Criminal Procedure,

National University ‘Odesa Law Academy’, Ukraine

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Keywords

  • author’s rights protection, criminal proceedings, ECtHR case law

How to cite it?

  • P Voitovych, R Ennan, V Voloshyna ‘Criminal Liability for the Infringement of IP Rights: Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights Case Law’  (2020) 4(8) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 291-297.