Title: | Section 70 of Chapter 217, the Patents (Registration) Act of 1995 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Criminal sanctions for patent infringement |
Summary table: |
70. Criminal proceedings (1) Any person who intentionally infringes a patent shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings or to a term of imprisonment of five years or to both that fine and imprisonment and forfeiture of the goods made through that patent.
(2) In the event of recidivism, the maximum penalties shall be doubled.
(3) Recidivism shall be deemed to have occurred within the preceding five years, the offender has been convicted of infringement of a patent.