Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Croatia
| Title: | Article 97 of the Patents Act of 15/10/2003 as last amended by OG No. 76/2013 |
| Field of IP: | Patents |
| Type of flexibility: | Criminal sanctions for patent infringement |
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Provisions of Law
Article 97
(1) Any legal person shall be punished for a misdemeanor by a fine amounting from HRK 20,000 to 100,000, if such act is contrary to the provisions of this Act:
1. making, offering for sale, selling, or importing and stocking for such purposes a product manufactured according to the protected invention (Article 58, paragraph (2), item 1, and Article 59),
2. using or offering for use a process which is the subject-matter of the protected invention (Article 58, paragraph (2), item 2, and Article 59),
3. offering for sale, selling, using, exporting or importing and stocking for such purposes a product obtained directly from the process which is the subject-matter of the protected invention (Article 58, paragraph (2), item 3, and Article 59),
4. offering or delivering a product which constitutes the essential element of the protected invention to persons not entitled to use such invention (Article 58, paragraph (3), and Article 59).
(2) Any natural person shall be punished for a misdemeanor referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article by a fine amounting from HRK 2,000 to 10,000.
(3) A responsible person in the legal entity shall also be punished for a misdemeanor referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article by a fine amounting from HRK 5,000 to 10,000.
(4) A natural person – a craftsman or other self-employed person, respectively, shall be punished for the misdemeanor, referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, by a fine amounting from HRK 5 000.00 to 50 000.00, where the misdemeanor has been committed in the performance of her/his activities as a craftsman or other self-employed person, respectively.
(5) Articles intended or used for the commitment of the misdemeanor referred to in paragraphs (1), (2) (3) and (4) of this Article shall be seized and destroyed, the final decision to that effect being issued by the judicial authority.
Article 287 of the Criminal Code
Povreda prava na izum
Clanak 287.
(1) Tko neovlašteno podnese prijavu za registraciju patenta ili u njoj protivno propisima o zaštiti patenta ne navede ili lažno navede izumitelja ili neovlašteno ucini dostupnim javnosti izum prije nego što je on zakonito objavljen javnosti,
kaznit ce se kaznom zatvora do jedne godine.
(2) Tko protivno propisima o zaštiti patenta izraduje, nudi na prodaju, prodaje, rabi, izvozi, uvozi, ili skladišti u te svrhe proizvod izraden prema izumu koji je zašticen patentom ili svjedodžbom o dodatnoj zaštiti ili primjenjuje ili nudi primjenu postupka koji je predmet zašticenog izuma ili nudi na prodaju, prodaje, rabi, izvozi, uvozi ili skladišti u te svrhe proizvod koji je izravno dobiven postupkom koji je predmet izuma i na taj nacin pribavi znatnu imovinsku korist ili prouzroci znatnu štetu,
kaznit ce se kaznom zatvora do tri godine.
(3) Za pokušaj kaznenog djela iz stavka 2. ovoga clanka pocinitelj ce se kazniti.
(4) Predmeti koji su bili namijenjeni ili uporabljeni za pocinjenje kaznenog djela iz stavka 2. i 3. ovoga clanka ce se oduzeti, a predmeti koji su nastali pocinjenjem kaznenog djela iz stavka 1. i 2. ovoga clanka ce se oduzeti i uništiti.
(5) Kazneno djelo iz stavka 1. ovoga clanka progoni se po prijedlogu oštecenika ili druge zainteresirane osobe.