[Criminal] A case involving criminal charges for copyright infringement where we secured a suspended sentence for the defendant.
Article posted in 2020-02-04 10:39:28 | VEAT
Law firm Veat recently overturned a first-instance conviction of a fine in a copyright infringement criminal complaint case and secured a suspended sentence in the appellate court.
B, who was working at A Company, founded T Company after retirement and posted the work he did during his employment as a portfolio. Upon learning this, A Company filed a criminal complaint against B for violating Article 136, paragraph 1, item 1 of the Copyright Act.
Law firm Veat, acting on behalf of the defendant B, emphasized that ▲ the defendant did not realize that posting the work he did during his employment as his portfolio by the newly founded company was a crime due to a lack of criminal intent ▲ the posting period was very short ▲ he contributed to the creation of the work, appealing the first-instance fine sentence on the grounds of unfair sentencing.
As a result, the court accepted Law firm Veat's unfair sentencing argument and, in accordance with Article 364, paragraph 6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, overturned the guilty portion of the original verdict and issued a suspended sentence.
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