HB0573 - Tennessee: Trademarks And Trade Names

Companion Bill SB0769. Trademarks and Trade Names - Adds number of units as basis for grading criminal classification of use of counterfeit mark or logo. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-152. Fiscal Summary for *HB0573 / SB0769Increase State Expenditures - $98,000/ Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0573 / SB0769 Under present law, it is an offense for a person to: (1) Knowingly manufacture any item or services bearing or identified by a counterfeit mark; or (2) Use, display, advertise, distribute, offer for sale, sell, or possess with the intent to sell or distribute any item or service knowing the item or service bears or is identified by a counterfeit mark. Under present law, a violation of (1) is punished the same as the offense of criminal simulation (which is punished as theft, based on the value of the property, [...]

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