Federal Act
on Patents for Inventions
(Patents Act, PatA)¹

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully com­mits an act spe­cified in Art­icle 66 is, on com­plaint by the in­jured party, li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.¹⁸³

² The right to file a com­plaint shall lapse after six months from the day on which the in­jured party be­came aware of the iden­tity of the of­fend­er.

³ If the of­fend­er acts for com­mer­cial gain, he shall be pro­sec­uted ex of­fi­cio. The pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty. …^{184 185}