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Swedes consider the "penal value" of a trade mark infringement
2014-12-30 20:17:14| Appliances - Topix.net
"Supreme Court sets high threshold for imposing imprisonment in infringement cases" , a note by Tom KronhAffer and Miriam RAstberg Omari and posted on World Trademark Review earlier this month, raises important matters of principle that are rarely discussed on this weblog in regard to the criminal law dimensions of IP infringement. In particular, when if at all should trade mark infringers be sent to prison and, if they should, how should the duration of their sentences be calculated? The case in question is Prosecutor General v CS and it runs like this.
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