Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property

Edited by Christophe Geiger, Full Professor of Law and Director of the Innovation Law and Ethics Observatory (ILEO), Luiss University, Italy

’The first truly systematic analysis of the upsurge in criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, this book offers a scholarly examination of the justifications for this approach, including claims regarding the involvement organized crime, heavy revenue losses, corruption, and safety risks. Legal, economic, prosecutorial, and historical perspectives are brought to bear on such issues as the comparative goals of criminal and intellectual property law, as well as the impact of criminalization on innovation, health, consumer protection, and global trade.’

• Contents: IntroductionChristophe GeigerPART I: COUNTERFEITING: A SOCIETY ISSUE1. Economic, Legal and Social Impacts of CounterfeitingReto M. Hilty2. Counterfeiting and Consumer ProtectionAnsgar Ohly3. Counterfeiting and Public HealthDuncan Matthews4. Anti-counterfeiting: A Trojan Horse for Expanding Intellectual Property Protection in Developing Countries?Carlos M. Correa5. From Sweatshops to Organized Crime: The New Face of CounterfeitingMickaël R. RoudautPART II: COUNTERFEITING: FINDING THE RIGHT REMEDIESSection 1. Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Criminal Enforcement: Historical, Economic and Psychological Aspects 6. Historical Perspective on Criminal EnforcementDavid Lefranc7. Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law: An Economic ApproachAndrea Wechsler8. Why do ‘Good People’ Disregard Copyright on the Internet?Alexander PeukertSection 2. The Legal Framework of Criminal Enforcement 9. Criminal Enforcement and International IP LawHenning Grosse Ruse-Khan10. Criminal Liability for Intellectual Property Infringement in Europe: The Role of Fundamental RightsJonathan Griffiths11. Criminal Enforcement and European Union LawTuomas Mylly12. The Directive Proposal on Criminal SanctionsJohanna GibsonSection 3. National Experiences on Criminal Enforcement13. Criminal Enforcement in the US and CanadaDaniel Gervais14. Shaping Chinese Criminal Enforcement Norms through the TRIPS AgreementPeter K. Yu15. Criminalizing IP Use in the UK: From Trademark Use to Illicit DownloadsGuido Westkamp16. The French Case: Comparison of the Past, Present and Future of Criminal LawJoanna Schmidt-SzalewskiPART III: COUNTERFEITING AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT: SELECTED ISSUES17. Strategies Against Counterfeiting of Drugs: A Comparative Criminal Law StudyHans-Georg Koch18. Counterfeiting and the Spare Parts IssueJosef Drexl19. Counterfeiting and the Music Industry: Towards a Criminalization of End Users? The French ‘HADOPI’ ExampleChristophe GeigerIndex