Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights:Interaction Between Public Authorities and Private Interests

Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights:Interaction Between Public Authorities and Private Interests
Gregor Urbas

ISBN 1–84113–571–2
Hart Publishing

Intellectual property protection has emerged as a priority issue in the Asia–Pacific region over recent years, both in terms of international trading arrangements (e.g. China’s membership of the World Trade Organisation)
and as a significant area of concern for law enforcement agencies (e.g. Hong Kong’s and other jurisdictions’ legislative reforms directed against copyright and trade mark piracy). However, the division of labour between public and private enforcement of intellectual property not only varies considerably between countries, but is also often not clearly defined.