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Article 132
Temporary protection shall be granted to industrial designs that fulfil the registration
requirements, which are displayed in national or international exhibitions, as determined by a
decision of the competent minister.
The Regulations shall provide for the terms, conditions and procedures for the grant of such
protection.
Article 133
The Department and any interested party may file a case with the Administrative Tribunal
with a view to revoke an unlawful registration of an industrial design. The Department shall revoke
the registration upon receipt of a binding order to that effect.
Article 134
Without prejudice to any more severe punishment stipulated under any other law, shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than 4,000 pounds and not more than 10,000 pounds any person
who:
(1)
imitates a protected industrial design registered according to the provisions of this Law;
(2)
knowingly, manufactures, sells, offers for sale, acquires for trade or circulation, products
bearing imitated industrial designs;
(3)
unlawfully affixes on products, advertisements, trademarks, certain implements or the like,
indications that may lead to believe that such a person has registered an industrial design.
In case of repetition, the punishment shall be imprisonment for a period of not less than one
month and a fine of not less than 8,000 pounds and not more than 20,000 pounds.
In all cases, the court shall order the confiscation of the incriminated industrial design, the
infringed products and the implements used in the infringement. The convicting order shall be
published in one or more newspapers at the expense of the convicted party.
Article 135
The president of the competent court considering the merits of the case may, upon a request of
any interested party, and by an order issued on the basis of a petition, order one or more appropriate
conservatory measures, and in particular:
(1) Establish the infringement of a protected right.
(2) Draw up an exhaustive inventory and detailed description of the infringed products and the
implements used or may have been used in the infringement.
(3) Order the seizure of the articles stated in item (2).