State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 636 – Liability of counterfeiters - Whoever during the subsistence of the exclusive rights to the invention, violates the rights of the holder of the Patent, reproducing without his authorization, the object of the same invention or by selling, concealing or deliberately introducing work of the same type, manufactured outside the kingdom, is liable for compensation for the damages caused besides being criminally liable for penalty as per provisions of the Penal Code.