Supreme Court Regulation Governs Procedure to Impound Counterfeit Goods

Editorial Team

The Supreme Court issued Regulation No. 4 of 2012 on Temporary Suspension Order (“Regulation”). The Regulation is an implementation of Articles 54 - 64 of Law No. 10 of 1995 on Customs, as amended several times, the last amendment being Law No.17 of 2006.

The above-mentioned Articles state that the Supreme Court must issue a regulation that governs the requirements and procedures on requesting a temporary suspension order. This order is issued when goods are dispatched for import/export purposes to or from custom areas, and are alleged to breach a trademark or a copyright protected under the Law No. 15 of 2001 on Trademark (“Trademark Law”), and Law No. 19 of 2002 on Copyrights (“Copyrights Law”)