PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS

⁽¹⁾ Whoever, knowing of the existence of the industrial property title, counterfeits or alters trademarks ⁽²⁾ or distinctive signs, national or foreign, of industrial products, or whoever, without being involved in counterfeiting or alteration, makes use of such counterfeit or altered trademarks or signs, is punished with imprisonment from six months to three years and with a fine of between 2,500 and 25,000 euros.
imprisonment from one to four years and a fine from € 3,500 to € 35,000 whoever infringes or alters national or foreign patents, designs or industrial models ⁽³⁾ , or, without being involved in counterfeiting or alteration, makes use of such counterfeit or altered patents, designs or models ⁽⁴⁾ .
The offenses provided for in the first and second paragraphs are punishable provided that the rules of internal laws and regulations have been observed and international conventions on the protection of property à intellectual or industrial