Criminal legal protection in the field of intellectual property and computer related rights in the Republic of Croatia

Abstract

More frequent infringements causing high damages to persons holding intellectual property rights have influenced the intensified actions within member states and the European Union in regard to the harmonisation of criminal legal protection in the field of intellectual property rights. The author in this article analyses current measures and acts and pays a special attention to the compatibility of new Croatian legislation with recent tendencies implemented in the European Union.

Keywords

• intellectual property
• patent
• trademark
• industrial design
• copyright
• penal law
• computer law