4 Intellectual property-related offenses

  Fig. 1-3-2-8 shows the numbers of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices over the last 10 years for violations of the Trademark Act (Act No. 127 of 1959) and Copyright Act (Act No. 48 of 1970) (see Appendixes 1–4 for the numbers of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Patent Act (Act No. 121 of 1959), Utility Model Act (Act No. 123 of 1959), Design Act (Act No. 125 of 1959)).

Fig. 1-3-2-8  Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Trade Mark Act and Copyright Act (1998–2007)

  Table 1-3-2-9 shows the number of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted over the last five years for violations of the Trademark Act and Copyright Act.

Table 1-3-2-9  Number of persons prosecuted or not prosecuted for violations of the Trade Mark Act and Copyright Act (2003–2007)

  In 2007, 347 persons prosecuted were indicted and 244 persons prosecuted were put on summary trial procedures for violations of the Trademark Act, while 147 persons prosecuted were indicted and 85 persons were put on summary trial procedures for violations of the Copyright Act (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Prosecution).