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204. The competent court shall be that of the place of real or elected domicile of the defendant, that of the place where his agent is established, or the court of the place where the entity responsible for industrial property is established, if the defendant is domiciled abroad. Proceedings involving both a matter concerning a mark and a matter concerning an industrial design or unfair competition which are related shall be brought before the court. 205. The Public Prosecutor’s Office may only bring proceedings further to a complaint by the aggrieved party, except in cases involving a violation of the provisions laid down in Articles 24(a), 113 and 135(a) and (b) above, for which the Public Prosecutor’s Office shall be competent. The criminal court may only rule once the instance hearing the declaratory proceedings to establish damages has handed down a final judgment. Exceptions pointed out by the defendant with regard to invalidity of the industrial property title or questions concerning the ownership of said title may not be raised before the criminal court. The civil or criminal proceedings provided for under this Title shall be statute-barred three years after the acts behind such proceedings take place. The initiation of civil proceedings shall suspend the prescription of criminal proceedings. 206. All goods unlawfully bearing a factory mark, trademark or service mark or a trade name shall be seized on import, at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office or any other interested party, in accordance with a writ issued by the President of the court ruling according to summary proceedings. Seizure shall also be required in cases of use of false information concerning the source of the goods or the identity of the producer, manufacturer, or trader. 207. Acts prior to the recording of the grant of invention patents, certificates of addition, certificates for layout designs (topographies) for integrated circuits, or the registration of industrial designs or the registration of factory marks, trademarks or service marks in the registers kept by the entity responsible for industrial property shall not give rise to any proceedings stemming from this Law. Where the acts follow the said entries or registrations, their authors may plead good faith, if they provide proof thereof. 208. Persons convicted under the provisions of this Title may further be deprived, for a maximum period of five years, of the right of belonging to professional chambers. 209. The court shall order the publication of court decisions which have become final under the provisions of this Law. Chapter II Invention patents SECTION I CIVIL PROCEEDINGS 210. The owner of a compulsory license, referred to in Articles 60 and 66 above, may bring an infringement action where the patent owner fails to bring such action after having been served formal notice.

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