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The infringement of the rights granted by intellectual property law can be punished through the exercise of civil, criminal or administrative action.

Regarding the civil noted that:

* To be exercised through the regular procedure called regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure.

The owner of the rights protected by those rules, it may encourage the cessation of those activities directed against them and require adequate compensation for damages, both economic and moral.

You may also request in advance at the start of proceedings, the adoption of so-called precautionary measures to protect their rights with greater urgency.

The cessation of activity may include:
- suspension of the infringing exploitation.
- prohibiting the infringer from resuming.
- withdrawing from the market for illegal copies and destruction.
- disabling, and, if necessary, destruction of molds, plates, matrices, negatives and other material intended solely for playing illegal copies.
- sealing of the equipment used for unauthorized public communication.

* With respect to compensation in cases where there is economic loss, the person can choose to receive the amount of profit that the infringer has obtained or remuneration that would have received if he had consented to the operation.

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