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license to work, shall constitute an offense
which are new and industrially or
punishable by three months to one year’s
commercially
imprisonment and a fine, the amount of
meaning, mutatis mutandis, of Articles 7
which shall be fixed by enabling measures,
and 10 above.
or only one of these penalties.
Art.107. For the purposes of this Law, an
In the event of a second offense, the
industrial design shall be defined as any
maximum penalties provided for by this
combination of lines and/or colors
Article shall be doubled.
designed to give any industrial or crafts
object a special appearance.
Art.105. Knowingly violating one of the
prohibitions set out in Articles 40 and 42
An industrial design shall be defined as
shall also constitute an offense.
any threedimensional form, whether or
not associated with colors, as well as any
Such an offense shall be punishable,
industrial or crafts object which can be
without prejudice to the more severe
used as models for the manufacture of
penalties provided for breaches of State
other units and which differ from similar
security, by a fine, the amount of which
objects or forms either by a separate and
shall be set by enabling measures. If the
recognizable configuration giving it a
violation is prejudicial to national defense
character of novelty, or by one or more
or State security, a sentence of one to three
external effects giving it a specific and new
years’ imprisonment may in addition be
appearance.
handed down.
Art.108. In case of conflict, the originality
of an industrial design shall be determined
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applicable
within
the
by the competent courts.
The publicity given to an industrial design,
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prior to its filing, by its being put up for
sale, shall not defeat the novelty of said
design.
Art.106. This title shall only concern
industrial designs which are original and