Title: | Section 50 of the Patent Law No. 58 of 1971 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Criminal sanctions for patent infringement |
Summary table: |
50. Penal Sanctions:
(1) Any intentional infringement of the rights of a registered owner of a patent under Sections 21 and 22 shall constitute an offense.
(2) Such offense shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand Pounds or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. The maximum penalties shall be doubled in the event of recidivism, i.e. when, in the course of the five preceding years, the offender has been convicted of another infringement of a patent.