Title: | Article 201 (1), (2) and (5) of the Criminal Code of 29/12/2009 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Criminal sanctions for patent infringement |
Summary table: |
Violation of Patent Rights
Article 201
(1) Whoever without permission produces, imports, exports, offers for circulation, puts into circulation, stores or uses for commercial operations a patented product or procedure, shall be punished with a fine or imprisonment up to three years.
(2) If the offence referred to in paragraph 1 results in material gain or damage in an amount exceeding one million dinars, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment from one to eight years.
(5) The things referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be seized and destroyed.