Criminal aspects of infringement of Intellectual Property Rights

Criminal aspects of infringement of Intellectual Property Rights Intellectual property directly relates to the development of society and economy. Higher level of legal protection provided by the State affects the creation of intellectual property objects, since creators are motivated to create in legal environment which provides them with adequate means of rights protection. This thesis lays down an analysis of the means of the Intellectual Property Rights protection in order to determine their level of the protection in the Czech Republic. The author compares civil, administrative and criminal means of protection of copyright and related rights, and industrial rights, and draws attention to their advantages and disadvantages, to gaps and inconsistencies in law, and in appropriate places inserts suggestions de lege ferenda. The thesis addresses not only individuals but also with legal entities, which are also able to infringe protected rights. The thesis concentrates on criminal aspects of Intellectual Property Rights infringement and this issue is therefore the major part of the thesis. Since the criminal law is the most stringent means in the hands of the state, the author explores its role in protecting Intellectual Property Rights. The thesis addresses in detail four crimes against industrial..