STATE LAWYERS DISCUSSED PROBLEMS OF THE " MENTAL PROPERTY "







MOSCOW, 6 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" correspondent Olga Semjonowa).  The
three-day-long seminar about " protection of the intellectual
property.  Legislation and their application for the fight of the
piratentums within the audiovisual area.  European experience " for
coworkers of the public prosecutor's office organs dealt with itself
with the fight " of the intellectual piratentums ".  This on Tuesday
from the administration information and Public relation the chief
public prosecutor's office of Russia which was reported.

The seminar, in which deputy state lawyers of the subjects of the RF
and examining magistrates took part, which deal with themselves with
the crimes of this category, became by the chief public prosecutor's
office of Russia in community with the international organization "
TACIS program - intellectual property " (Paris) and the Russian
Antipiratenorganisation (RAPO) executed.

The interest of the international and Russian organizations for fight
of the developments of criminal employers explains itself according to
the representatives the chief public prosecutor's office by striving
to protect the rights and legitimate interests of the citizens against
criminal attacks on the mental property with the selling of the
auto+visual products as well as by the intention of working against
the negative influencing control of the " intellectual piratentums "
on the economy of Russia.

The shadow conversion of the false products amounts to approximately
80 to 85 per cent of the legitimate video market, while the illegal
gains in more than 700 millions USD are expressed.  The commercial
losses of Russia amount to according to some specification in
connection with the offences against copyright about 1 billion USD in
the year.