Issues of criminal and legal protection of intellectual property in Ukraine

Abstract

The article touches upon the issues of criminal and legal protection of intellectual property in Ukraine. According to the author
absence of a proper information database is one of the main flaws in the activity of law enforcement bodies. Creation of a new,
special database, that would contain information about legitimate right holders (their legal address, replicable works, license
agreement numbers) is suggested as a possible solution to the aforementioned issue. Having such a database would significantly
facilitate and speed up the investigation of cases in this category. It would also provide opportunities for a fast and easy access to
data in a given criminal case in the field of copyright and related rights violation that is pertinent to the criminal investigator. The
author also analyzed specific aspects of criminalization of aforementioned crimes