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Swedish supreme court: Trademark infringement is not a crime for which “the nature of the crime” motivates imprisonment

By AWA | Posted on October 24, 2014

It is rather well-known that a trademark infringement may result in claims for damages. On the other hand, the awareness is probably not as high about the risk for an individual to end up in jail for the very same violation. The extent to which the latter should happen was the question to be decided...

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