Offence of unauthorised copying of design in course of business
OffenceSectionSentenceIndictment A person commits an offence if - (a) in the course of a business, the person intentionally copies a registered design so as to make a product - (i) exactly to that design, or (ii) with features that differ only in immaterial details from that design, and (b) the person does so - (i)knowing, or having reason to believe, that the design is a registered design, and (ii) without the consent of the registered proprietor of the design. 35ZA (1)England and Wales or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both. Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both. To imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine or to both A person commits an offence if - (a) in the course of a business, the person offers, puts on the market, imports, exports or uses the product, or stocks it for one or more of those purposes, (b) the person does so without the consent of the registered proprietor of the design, and (c) the person does so knowing, or having reason to believe, that - (i) a design has been intentionally copied without the consent of the registered proprietor so as to make the product exactly to the design or with features that differ only in immaterial details from the design, and (ii) the design is a registered design. 35ZA(3)England and Wales or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both. Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both. To imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine or to both