Transitional Penal Code. The Ethiopian Penal Code, 1957 amended by Proclamation nº 4/1991, Transitional Penal Law of Eritrea, Vol. 1/1991. (Artº. 674,675)

Art. 674. – Infringement of Marks, Declarations of Origin, Designs or Models.

(1) Whosoever intentionally,

(a) infringes, imitates or passes off, in such manner as to deceive the public, another's mark or distinctive signs or declarations of origin on any produce or goods or their packing, whether commercial, industrial or agricultural; or

(b) sells or offers for sale, imports or exports, distributes or places on the market produce or goods under a mark which he knew to be infringed, imitated, passed off or improperly affixed; or

(c) refuses to declare the origin of produce or goods in his possession under such marks, is punishable, upon complaint, with simple imprisonment or fine.

(2) Whosoever unlawfully so acts with respect to industrial designs or models, or patented inventions or processes, duly registered and protected by existing orders or agreements, national or international, is liable to the same punishments.

Art. 675. – Infringiment of Literary or Artistic Copyright.

Whosoever intentionally:

(a) counterfeits or reproduces, even in part, by print, lithography, photography, engraving or photogravure or by other copying process, a literary, musical pictorial or plastic composition, or any other intellectual work protected by author's copyright; or

(b) sells offers for sale, imports or exports, distributes or places on the market infringements of such works, is punishable, upon complaint, with simple imprisonment or fine.

 

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