What is the time limit for taking action?
Counterfeiting: prepare your case and anticipate the risks

The period during which it is possible to seek the liability of the author of an act of infringement is limited in time:

• Civil action for infringement is barred after 5 years from the date of the infringement (article L. 615-8 of Code de la propriété intellectuelle );

• criminal infringement proceedings are time-barred after 6 years, starting from infringement acts committed either after March 1 ^er 2017 or which were not time-barred on March 1 ^er 2017 under the old law, which provided for a 3-year limitation period (articles 8 and 112-2 of