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Criminal Law Protection of Intellectual Property (in Accordance with Art. 146 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Violation of Copyright and Related Rights”)
- Authors: Ianina I.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Russian State University of Justice
- Issue: No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 90-99
- Section: Criminal law studies
- Submitted: 09.01.2026
- Published: 10.03.2025
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2072-909X/article/view/364366
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.37399/issn2072-909X.2025.3.90-99
- ID: 364366
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The article is devoted to the issues of criminal liability for crimes infringing on intellectual property. Based on the various points of view existing in the criminal law doctrine, the author concludes that crimes against intellectual property should include illegal acts prohibited by Art. 146, 147 and 180 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Some problems of qualification of the composition of copyright and related rights violations have been identified: coercion to co-authorship or refusal of co-authorship does not form an act provided for in рt. 1 of Art. 146 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; in case of illegal use of copyright or related rights, it is required to establish such a dimensional attribute as a large size; in the disposition of pt. 2 of Art. 146 of the Criminal Code, the legislator says “illegal” is used only in relation to the act of using copyright or related certificates.
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Irina Yu. Ianina
Russian State University of Justice
Author for correspondence.
Email: yanina_i@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0592-829Х
Candidate of Science (Law), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Criminal Law Department.
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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