Peru to implement criminal IP courts

Peru has announced that criminal courts in Lima and Callao specialised in intellectual property will come into force in August.

The courts will also cover customs, taxation and environmental crimes.

Law firm Clarke, Modet & Co noted the development in an article about the new IP courts.

It said the judiciary ordered the creation of the first and second criminal courts.

The courts will have full effect on Monday, August 1 and the temporary criminal courts in Lima and Callao specialised in customs, taxation and IP crimes will cease to have jurisdiction over those offences.

According to Clarke, Modet & Co, the judiciary created the courts in order to respond more quickly and effectively to piracy and product smuggling in the country.

In 2014, Russia announced that it would open a new IP court designed to efficiently handle the “growing number of IP lawsuits” in the country. The court is now in effect.

Also in 2014, China launched IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.