我国知识产权刑法的最新修正及其适用

Latest amendments and their application of intellectual property in criminal law in China

在知识产权的重要性日益突显和加强知识产权保护的呼声不断加强的背景下,《刑法修正案(十一)》对我国知识产权刑法规范体系进行了大幅修改,不仅加强了知识产权刑法保护的规范供给,而且彰显了我国加强知识产权保护的决心。从具体内容来看,《刑法修正案(十一)》对知识产权刑法的修改,主要表现为通过增设新罪和拓展旧罪的方式扩大知识产权刑法的规制范围,通过调高法定刑的配置加重对侵犯知识产权犯罪的处罚。透过知识产权刑法规范可以发现,此次修法充分体现了全面保护知识产权、积极保护知识产权和法秩序相统一的最新立法理念,这些立法理念对知识产权刑法相关条文的理解与适用具有重要意义。《刑法修正案(十一)》已经正式施行,应当对侵犯著作权罪、侵犯商业秘密罪和为境外窃取、刺探、收买、非法提供商业秘密罪等罪名的构成要件要素进行系统解释,以便保护知识产权的立法目的能够在司法层面得以充分实现。

In the context of the increasing importance of intellectual property and the increasing calls for strengthening intellectual property protection, the Amendment(Ⅺ) to the Criminal Law substantially amended the normative system of intellectual property in criminal law, which not only strengthening the supply of norms of intellectual property criminal protection, but also demonstrating the determination to strengthen intellectual property protection. From the point of view of specific content, the amendments of intellectual property in criminal law by the Amendment(Ⅺ) to the Criminal Law are mainly manifested in expanding the regulation scope of intellectual property in criminal law by adding new crimes and expanding old crimes, in aggravating the penalty for crimes of infringement of intellectual property by increasing allocation of statutory penalty. Through the norms of intellectual property in criminal law, it can be found that this amendment fully reflects the latest legislative concepts of comprehensive protection of intellectual property, active protection of intellectual property, and the unity of the order of law, which are of great significance to the understanding and application of the relevant provisions of intellectual property in criminal law. The Amendment(Ⅺ) to the Criminal Law has been officially implemented and it is necessary to systematically explain the constitutive elements of the crimes of infringing copyright, infringing trade secret and stealing, secretly gathering, purchasing, or illegally providing trade secret for overseas entities, in order to fully achieve the legislative purpose of protecting intellectual property at the judicial level.