Facts
On 18 February 2012, [X.] and [Y.] filed a criminal complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office I of the Canton of Zurich against partially named employees of the University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich. They claimed that the perpetrators had infringed the intellectual property of Prof. [Z.] in multiple ways after his unlawful dismissal by the University Hospital Zurich on 13 January 2009, by adopting and/or publishing his scientific concepts and work. The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the criminal complaint on 13 March 2012 with a non-consideration decision. [X.] appealed against this to the High Court of the Canton of Zurich, which did not enter into the matter in a decision of 7 February 2013. [X.] now appeals in criminal matters to the FSCA.
Considerations
The FSCA finds that [X.] does not qualify as a victim within the meaning of Art. 115 para. 1 CrimPC and is therefore not entitled to appeal under Art. 393 et seq. CrimPC or to appeal in criminal matters to the FSCA. Although [X.] was partially a collaboration partner of Prof. [Z.] and co-authored a scientific publication with him, this does not constitute a direct violation of his own rights by the reported offences. To the extent that [X.] claims that his future research has been prevented by the blocking of the…