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Article L716-13 of the French Intellectual Property Code

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10 may be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be infringing and any thing that has served or was intended to commit the infringement.

The court may order the destruction at the expense of the convicted person or the delivery to the injured party of the objects and things removed from the commercial circuits or confiscated, without prejudice to any damages.

It may also order, at the convicted person’s expense, the posting of the judgment or the dissemination of the judgment pronouncing the conviction, under the conditions provided for in Article 131-35 of the Criminal Code.

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Article L716-13

Les personnes physiques coupables de l’un des délits prévus aux articles L. 716-9 et L. 716-10 peuvent être condamnées, à leurs frais, à retirer des circuits commerciaux les objets jugés contrefaisants et toute chose qui a servi ou était destinée à commettre l’infraction.

La juridiction peut ordonner la destruction aux frais du condamné ou la remise à la partie lésée des objets et choses retirés des circuits commerciaux ou confisqués, sans préjudice de tous dommages et intérêts.

Elle peut également ordonner, aux frais du condamné, l’affichage du jugement ou la diffusion du jugement prononçant la condamnation, dans les conditions prévues à l’article 131-35 du code pénal.

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