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Geiger, Christophe --- "Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) [2012] ELECD 930

Editor(s): Geiger, Christophe

Title: Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property

Sub-title: A Handbook of Contemporary Research

Series: Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property series

Topics: Criminal Law and Justice; Intellectual Property Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 31 October 2012

Number of pages: 432

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849801461

EISBN: 9781781005149

Abstract/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.

Offering a broad survey of the field, and a sound platform for further research, this legal and cross-disciplinary study by leading scholars will prove insightful for professors, researchers and students in intellectual property, criminal, competition, consumer protection and health law.