{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:360","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Infringement of Marks, Declarations of Origin, Designs or Models","number":"360","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK IV — OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 2. — Offences Involving Fraud, Fraudulent Transactions and Blackmail"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A person who, for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":256,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/256/?article=360&paragraph=p1#article-360-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"infringes, imitates or passes off, in such manner as to deceive the public, another’s mark or distinctive signs or declarations of origin on any product, goods or their packing, whether commercial, industrial or agricultural;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/#p1a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":256,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/256/?article=360&paragraph=p1a#article-360-p1a"},{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":257,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/257/?article=360&paragraph=p1a#article-360-p1a"}]},{"id":"p1b","number":"b","parentId":"p1","text":"sells or offers for sale, imports or exports, distributes or places on the market products or goods under a mark which that person knew to be infringed, imitated, passed off or improperly affixed;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/#p1b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":257,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/257/?article=360&paragraph=p1b#article-360-p1b"}]},{"id":"p1c","number":"c","parentId":"p1","text":"refuses to declare the origin of products or goods in one's possession under such marks; or","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/#p1c","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":257,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/257/?article=360&paragraph=p1c#article-360-p1c"}]},{"id":"p1d","number":"d","parentId":"p1","text":"takes any of the actions specified in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) with respect to industrial designs or models, patented inventions or processes, duly registered and protected by existing national or international agreements,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/#p1d","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":257,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/257/?article=360&paragraph=p1d#article-360-p1d"}]},{"id":"p1-tail","number":"","parentId":"p1","text":"is guilty of infringement of marks, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/#p1-tail","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":257,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/257/?article=360&paragraph=p1-tail#article-360-p1-tail"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Offences under sub-Article 1 may only be prosecuted upon the preferring of charges by the victim.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/360/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":257,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/257/?article=360&paragraph=p2#article-360-p2"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}