Title: | Article 44 of the Law No. 8 of 1959 on Patents and Industrial Designs and Models |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Criminal sanctions for patent infringement |
Summary table: |
Article No. 44:
Without prejudice to any more sever penalty provided for in any other law, a penalty of imprisonment and a fine ranging between 10-20 pounds shall be imposed on:
1- Anyone who forged an invention which has been granted a patent in accordance with the provisions of this law.
2- Anyone who forged an industrial design or model that was registered in accordance with the provisions of this law.
3- Anyone who sold, offered for sale or circulation or imported from outside or possessed for commercial purposes forged products or materials with forged industrial design or model with his knowledge of the same, when the invention, design or model was registered in Libya.
4- Anyone who illegally places on products, advertisements, trademarks, packing instruments or otherwise, any data that may lead to the belief that he owned the invention patent, or the registration of an industrial design or model.