REVIEW OF TRADEMARK PENALTY PROTECTION ACCORDING TO ANTI- COUNTERFEITING AGREEMENT

Abstract

Singing the controversial international ACTA Agreement, initial role of the most developed countries, joining of most of EU member states, increase of counterfeiting and piracy at the world market, tempestuous public response, many protests, hacking spree against state websites, insistence on a right to respect digital, personal and privacy rights are all the parts of the recent global scene concerning this problematic issue, which also opens many questions relating to legal protection of intellectual property nowadays. One more questions that remains unresolved is the one regarding the realization of basic human rights.

In this Paper the author analyses the question- does ACTA Agreement brings novelties in the area of penal protection of differentiating trademarks on the Internet, while comparing the abovementioned agreement with existing provisions of international and European Union legislation.