Shvets G. To the question of the control of movement across the customs border of Ukraine and the United States of goods that contain objects of intellectual property

Abstract

The relevance of the study is that the existing legislation, including the Customs code of Ukraine does not correspond to the modern state customs policy and customs, has many gaps that constrain the development of foreign economic activity of enterprises and consequently economic relations of our country with other countries of the world. At present, the mechanism of implementation of customs control of goods containing objects of intellectual property in Ukraine is at the initial stage of development. The analysis of the control over the movement across the customs border of Ukraine and the United States of goods that contain objects of intellectual property. The attention is focused on customs as effective tools to identify and prevent violations of intellectual property rights when moving goods across the customs border of Ukraine and the USA. The conclusion is made that in the case of Ukraine, the issue of the protection of intellectual property rights, while moving across the customs border of counterfeit and pirated goods should be given special attention. It concerns first of all the system of violations, illegal goods that move, and the system of punishment for actions which violate the rights of owners of intellectual property rights. If to compare Ukraine and the USA, the latter have a better system of detection of counterfeit goods when moving them across the customs border, and also a system of punishment for illegal actions