214. Those who have knowingly received, displayed, placed on sale or sold, introduced
or exported known infringing goods, shall be liable to the same penalties as the infringers.
The same shall apply to any assistance knowingly provided to the author of the offenses
referred to above.
215. The penalties provided for under Articles 213 and 214 above shall be increased to
six months to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 to 500,000 dirhams, or to only
one of these two penalties, if the infringer is a salaried employee who has worked in the
workshops or in the establishment of the patent.
Salaried workers who have associated themselves with the infringer after giving him
information on the processes described in the patent shall be liable to the same penalties.
Salaried employees may be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of Article 447
of the Penal Code.
216. Without prejudice to the penalties provided for by special laws, the following shall
be punishable by a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 dirhams: those who, either through speeches or
conferences in public places or meetings, or through writings, leaflets sold or distributed,
placed on sale or displayed in public places or meetings, either through signs or posters in the
public eye, have provided all information, indications or descriptions of any kind concerning
invention patents or certificates of addition deriving from a main patent, or layout designs
(topographies) for integrated circuits, a request for which has been filed by them or by another
party, but which have not yet been issued.
In the case of recidivism, a sentence of three months to two years’ imprisonment shall
be handed down, in addition to the fine.
217. Without prejudice, where applicable, to the more stringent penalties concerning
violations of State security, anyone who knowingly infringes one of the prohibitions laid
down in Article 42 above shall be punishable by a fine of 100,000 to 500,000 dirhams.
Where the violation is detrimental to national defense, a sentence of one to five years’
imprisonment may also be handed down.
Chapter III
Layout designs (topographies) for integrated circuits
218. The provisions of Chapter II of this Title shall apply to civil and criminal
proceedings for infringement of layout designs (topographies) for integrated circuits.
Chapter IV
Industrial designs
SECTION I
CIVIL PROCEEDINGS
219. The owner of the industrial design shall have the possibility of providing proof by
any means of the infringement of which he claims to be a victim.
He shall further be entitled, subsequent to a writ issued by the President of the court for
the place of infringement, to give rise to a detailed description, with or without seizure, of the
allegedly infringing goods or processes to be conducted by a notarial officer, assisted by a
qualified expert, where appropriate.