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Criminal procedure prescription for unfair competition barred prosecution after two years elapsed since consummation.

Case Number 9120424
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Tribunal da Relação do Porto dismissed the appeal, confirming the lower court's decision to reject the criminal complaint. The prosecution alleged unfair competition, but the court found that the criminal procedure had prescribed because more than two years had passed since the facts were consummated in late 1984. Consequently, the court ruled that the statute of limitations under the Criminal Code had been met, barring any further criminal proceedings.

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CONCORRENCIA DESLEAL PRESCRIçãO DO PROCEDIMENTO CRIMINAL

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unfair competition criminal prescription statute of limitations Industrial Property Code Criminal Code procedural bar consummation date

Cited Legislation

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Arts. 212 and 213 of the Industrial Property Code (Decree-Law No. 30679, 1940)
Arts. 117 n. 1 al. d) and 118 of the Criminal Code
Art. 120 n. 3 of the Criminal Code
II - Tendo a consumação dos factos cessado em fins de 1984 e, depois de descontados tres anos de suspensão, decorrido mais de tres anos, verificou-se tal prescrição, conforme o disposto no art. 120 n.

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00000763

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199110029120424

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] T COR PORTO 5J.

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/6037524EB5DBA1508025686B00661925?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - O prazo de prescrição do procedimento criminal por concorrencia desleal a que se referem os arts. 212 e 213, do Dec. Lei n. 30679, de 24 de Agosto de 1940 ( Cod. da Propriedade Industrial ) e de dois anos, correndo desde o dia em que o facto se consumou - arts. 117 n. 1 al. d) e 118 do Cod. Penal.

II - Tendo a consumação dos factos cessado em fins de 1984 e, depois de descontados tres anos de suspensão, decorrido mais de tres anos, verificou-se tal prescrição, conforme o disposto no art. 120 n. 3 do Cod. Penal.