Patent Violations in Georgia

Patent Violations

Which objects are covered?

Inventions, utility models, designs, IC topographies, new varieties.

Appropriation of authorship?

Fine or corrective labour; on repetition — up to three years.

Unlawful use?

Fine or house arrest of one to two years; by a group — up to three years.

Is purpose required?

Yes — the purpose of income.

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The Criminal Framework of Industrial-Property Protection

Infringement of patents and other industrial-property objects is criminalized in Georgia by Article 189-1 of the Criminal Code, and this single norm covers the whole industrial-property family: inventions, utility models, designs, integrated-circuit topographies, new plant and animal varieties. American patent-venue doctrines are of no use here: Georgian qualification is built on two classical axes — appropriation of authorship and purposive unlawful use — and each axis has its own sanction frame. The procedures of granting and invalidating patents are governed by patent legislation and lie outside the scope of this page.