Chapter III
Appeals
17. The appeals made against the decisions of the legal representative of the body
responsible for industrial property in relation to the deposit, withdrawal or maintenance of the
protection of industrial designs shall be lodged with the competent courts.
18. The period for appeals lodged with the courts against the decisions cited in
Article 17 of this Law shall be one month from the date of notification of the disputed
decision.
19. Appeals shall be lodged in the form of a written request submitted to the registry of
the competent court.
Subject to non-admissibility declared ex officio, the request shall contain the following
details:
— whether the requestor is a natural person: his first name, surname, profession,
domicile, nationality, and date and place of birth;
— whether the requestor is a legal person: his legal status, name, registered office, and
the first name and surname of his legal representative;
— the date and subject matter of the decision challenged;
— first name, surname and address of the owner of the industrial design.
A copy of the decision challenged shall be attached to the request.
If the request does not contain a statement of the means relied on, the requestor shall
submit such a statement to the court registry at least seven days before the first court hearing.
20. A copy of the request shall be sent by the requestor to the body responsible for
industrial property through a bailiff-lawyer.
The body responsible for industrial property shall forward to the court registry the file
containing the decision challenged, within one month of the date of receipt of the copy of the
request.
21. Where an appeal is lodged by a person other than the owner of the deposit of an
industrial design, the owner shall be cited and summoned by the requestor through a
bailiff-lawyer.
22. The requestor may be represented in court by an agent.
23. The court ruling shall be notified to the other parties by the most diligent party and
entered immediately in the National Register of Industrial Designs.
Chapter IV
Infringements and Penalties
24. Any infringement of the rights of the owner of an industrial design, as defined by
Article 4 of this Law, shall constitute the crime of infringement, and shall incur the civil and
criminal liability of the person committing the infringement.
Any person who has knowingly infringed these rights shall be punished with a fine of
five to fifty thousand dinars.
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