Subject of innovation crime
Crimes in the field of innovative activity harm the economy of the country as a whole, and also negatively affect the rights, freedoms and needs of participants in economic relations. However, to this day both in legal literature and in law enforcement practice there is no consensus on what socially dangerous acts should be attributed to crimes in the field of innovative activity, which is associated inter alia with differences in the understanding of who the subject is specified group of crimes. According to the author's opinion it is advisable in the criminal law protection of the analyzed type of activity to talk about the following types of subjects of innovative activity: the state through its representative offices; organizations and individuals (scientific workers (researchers), specialists of a scientific organization (engineering and technical workers), representatives of educational and scientific organizations as well as commercial innovative organizations and private individuals.