The defense of intellectual property in the Republic of Albania

• Author: Arbër Bashkolli Engjëll Likmeta
• Position: High Inspectorate of Declaration and Audit of Assets and Conflict of Interests - Faculty of Law, University of Tirana
• Pages: 47-56

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IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania

Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences Vol. 1 No. 3

November 2015

ISSN 2410-3918

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

The defense of intellectual property

in the Republic of Albania

PhD (C.) Candidate Arbër Bashkolli

High Inspectorate of Declaration

and Audit of Assets and Conflict of Interests

PhD Engjëll Likmeta

Faculty of Law, University of Tirana

Abstract

In a society based on values and democratic principles, the defense of intellectual property

constitutes one of the primary directions of its integrity and the permanence of cultural, scien-

tific and technological heritage in generations. The integration of Albania in European Union

requires the accomplishment of some accepted standards, in order to ensure the appropriate

respect of intellectual property rights.

The effective implementation of intellectual property rights is an essential element for contin-

ued social and economic progress and increasing the level of competitiveness of the Republic

of Albania in the international market and ensuring a fair competition environment in the

Albanian national market.

Violation of law on copyright is not less problematic in Albania, despite the initiatives taken to

protect intellectual property. Implementation of the European Union legislation is a complex

process, which aims at integrating the Albanian economy to the EU internal market. It will

take time to strengthen the institutions responsible for the implementation of legislation in the

field of industrial property.

Keywords: Intellectual property; Copyright; Industrial property; Criminal protection.

Introduction

In a society based on values and democratic principles, the defense of intellectual

property constitutes one of the primary directions of its integrity and the permanence

of cultural, scientific and technological heritage in generations.

The integration of Albania in European Union requires the accomplishment of some

accepted standards, where the approach of Albanian legislation with the one of

European Union, will be the first important and necessary precondition, that the big

European family would open the gates even for Albania (Latifi, 2005:28), too.

The importance of intellectual property was known for the first time in Paris Convention

“For Protection of Intellectual Property”, 1883, and in Convention of Berna, “For

protection of Literary and Artistic Works”, 1886 (Zenelaj). All the countries, in general,

have their own laws for their intellectual property protection and that is for two reasons.

The first one, is to give an institutional expression to moral and economic rights to the

creator for their creations and the right of access for the public in these creations. The

other one,is the promotion of the creation, its distribution and its execution, also to

encourage honest commerce, that helps in economic development (Zenelaj).