Open AccessCriminal Liability for the Infringement of IP Rights: Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights Case Law
Author(s) -
Voitovych Pavlo,
Ennan Ruslan,
Voloshyna Vladlena
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
access to justice in eastern europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-0583
pISSN - 2663-0575
DOI - 10.33327/ajee-18-3.4-n000041
Subject(s) - law , human rights , liability , political science , legislation , criminal liability , criminal law , business
Ukraine’s national legislation and the European Court of Human Rights’s case-law outlineСopyright protection. Many cases exist where the public significance and damage fromcopyright infringement entails holding the guilty person criminally responsible for thetransgression. Given copyright infringement cases do not reflect a predominant concernover other crimes, a structured criminal prosecution mechanism does not exist. Thus, theEuropean Court of Human Rights’ legal positions and instructions intend to eliminate gapslegally regulating criminal liability for copyright infringement. Hence, the legal regulation,its gaps and ECHR case law impacts on Ukrainian practice were analysed. This structureenabled proposing steps for improving legally regulating criminal liability for copyrightinfringement in Ukraine.