Show HARSH LAWS IN FRANCE manufacturer and workmen Wor knien not en an footing of equality under a french law still in force the communication by a factory workman clerk or manager of at a IL trade secret to a foreigner or to a frenchman resident abroad la Is pun ashable with a term terra oi at ranging from two to fl e years and with a fine ranging from to francs tho the culprit rit Is moreover deprived of his civil rights and apt auder police surveillance for or a period of from five to ten years after his deleas re leas from prison A similar communication made to a frenchman resident in ifranco Ii ranco Is less heavily punts bLed the term of imprisonment varying in thia this case from three months to two years and the fine from fifteen to francs in the case of a state arms or ammunition fac tory the maximum penalty must be imposed it appears burtler furt Ler that in france the proprietor of a factor has a right without reserve to the discoveries and inventions made within his field of work by any tiny of at his employed emp loyes |