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Intellectual property offences (0503)
“Intellectual property offences” are defined as “Unlawful copying, using, reproducing or other infringements of copyrights, patents, trademarks or other intellectual property.”
INCLUSIONS: Intellectual property theft; copyright infringements; unlawful
appropriation of copyright; computer software piracy; industrial espionage not amounting to forgery or counterfeiting
EXCLUSIONS: Creating, manufacturing, passing or possessing counterfeit trademarked, patented, licensed or otherwise protected products (07022); theft (0502); possession of stolen goods or money; receiving, handling, disposing, selling or trafficking stolen goods; using stolen parts for producing
other goods; concealment of stolen goods (0704); identity theft (07019); forgery/counterfeiting (0702); acts against computer systems not amounting to piracy of computer software (0903)

[Source: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), UNODC, Mar 2015, p.61 Web: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/ICCS/ICCS_English_2016_web.pdf]


Intellectual property is defined, at minimum, as inventions; literary and artistic work; and symbols, images and names used in commerce.
Patent is defined as an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
Copyright is defined as a legal term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic work.
Trademark is defined as a distinctive sign that identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise.
(Basic definitions from: What is Intellectual Property?. World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004.Web: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/intproperty/450/wipo_pub_450.pdf]