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165.72 – Trademark counterfeiting in the second degree

§ 165.72 Trademark counterfeiting in the second degree.

A person is guilty of trademark counterfeiting in the second degree
when, with the intent to deceive or defraud some other person or with
the intent to evade a lawful restriction on the sale, resale, offering
for sale, or distribution of goods, he or she manufactures, distributes,
sells, or offers for sale goods which bear a counterfeit trademark, or
possesses a trademark knowing it to be counterfeit for the purpose of
affixing it to any goods, and the retail value of all such goods bearing
counterfeit trademarks exceeds one thousand dollars.

Trademark counterfeiting in the second degree is a class E felony.

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