Title: | Article 57 of the Patents Act, Act No. 550 of 15/12/1967 as last amended by Act No. 101/2013 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Criminal sanctions for patent infringement |
Summary table: |
Section 57. The court may forbid any person who infringes the exclusive right afforded by a patent (patent infringement) from continuing or repeating the act.
Where such person intentionally infringes a patent, he shall, unless the act is punishable as an industrial property right offence under section 2 of Chapter 49 of the Penal Code, be liable to a fine for a violation of a patent right.
Indictment for violation of a patent right may be brought by the prosecutor at the request only of the injured party. (13.5.2010/478)