Analysis of intellectual property regulations in force in Paraguay

Abstract

The research seeks to verify the relevance of intellectual rights nowadays, as they are fundamental human rights given the great socioeconomic and legal implications, since technological advances enable tools and accessible means to infringe intellectual property and thus to study in depth how these rights are violated through piracy and counterfeiting. Its general objective was to identify the consequences that generate the infringement of such intellectual rights from a criminal perspective. For this purpose, the regulations of the Republic of Paraguay were verified, as well as the international treaties signed and the institutions related to the subject, both national and international, were confirmed. Subsequently, the criminal figures were studied from a penal perspective, highlighting determining aspects. The work is framed in a qualitative approach, with a non-experimental design, documentary type and descriptive scope. It is concluded that the infringements of intellectual rights are established as great damages for the authors in particular and for society in general, and the institutions in charge of their protection should be consolidated, with greater strength and resources, to fight effectively and efficiently the subjects who perpetrate the punishable acts against the creation and intellectuality of the human being.