Title: | Section 57 of the Patents Act No. 9 of 15/12/1967, as amended up to Act No. 8 of 01/07/2010 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Criminal sanctions for patent infringement |
Summary table: |
Section 57. Anyone who intentionally infringes the exclusive right conferred by a patent (patent infringement), or who is an accessory thereto, shall be penalized by fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
Public prosecution shall only take place at the request of the plaintiff.