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Public Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Academic journal article from Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 177
Beginning of article
Gregor Urbas
In 1709 the first English copyright statute (the "Act of Anne") outlawed the unauthorised reproduction of literary works, and imposed monetary fines payable in equal share or "moeity" to the Crown and the copyright holder, along with compulsory forfeiture an d des true tion of infringing copi es . Th e di visi on of labour be tween public and private in the enforcement of intellectual property rights has become somewhat less well defined since, though a public role is clearly entailed by the inclusion of criminal infringement provisions in modern copyright and trademarks legislation. Part of the difficulty lies in the limited capacity of public law enforcement …
