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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 16-7 and 16-8 as follows:
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6 | (720 ILCS 5/16-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-7)
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7 | Sec. 16-7. Unlawful use of recorded sounds or images.
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8 | (a) A person commits unlawful use of recorded sounds or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | images when he:
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10 | (1) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly transfers
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11 | or causes to be transferred without the consent of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | owner, any
sounds or images recorded on any sound or audio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | visual recording
with the purpose of selling or causing to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | be sold, or using or causing to
be used for profit the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | article to which such sounds or recordings of sound
are | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | transferred.
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17 | (2) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly sells,
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18 | offers for sale, advertises for sale, uses or causes to be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | used
for profit any such article described in subsection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 16-7(a)(1)
without consent of the owner.
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21 | (3) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly offers or
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22 | makes available for a fee, rental or any other form of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | compensation,
directly or indirectly, any equipment or |
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1 | machinery for the
purpose of use by another to reproduce or | ||||||
2 | transfer, without the
consent of the owner, any sounds or | ||||||
3 | images recorded on any sound or
audio visual recording to | ||||||
4 | another sound or audio visual recording or for
the purpose | ||||||
5 | of use by another to manufacture any sound or audio visual
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6 | recording in violation of Section 16-8.
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7 | (4) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly transfers | ||||||
8 | or causes to be
transferred without the consent of the | ||||||
9 | owner, any live performance with the
purpose of selling or | ||||||
10 | causing to be sold, or using or causing to be used
for | ||||||
11 | profit the sound or audio visual recording to which the | ||||||
12 | performance
is transferred.
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13 | (b) As used in this Section and Section 16-8:
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14 | (1) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
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15 | corporation, association or other entity.
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16 | (2) "Owner" means the person who owns the master sound | ||||||
17 | recording on
which sound is recorded and from which the | ||||||
18 | transferred recorded sounds are
directly or indirectly | ||||||
19 | derived, or the person who owns the rights to record
or | ||||||
20 | authorize the recording of a live performance.
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21 | (3) "Sound or audio visual recording" means any sound | ||||||
22 | or audio
visual phonograph record, disc, pre-recorded | ||||||
23 | tape, film, wire, magnetic
tape or other object, device or | ||||||
24 | medium, now known or hereafter invented, by
which sounds or | ||||||
25 | images may be reproduced with or without the use of any
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26 | additional machine, equipment or device.
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1 | (4) "Master sound recording" means the original
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2 | physical object on which a given set of sounds were first | ||||||
3 | recorded
and which the original object from which all | ||||||
4 | subsequent sound
recordings embodying the same set of | ||||||
5 | sounds are directly or
indirectly derived.
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6 | (5) "Unidentified sound or or audio visual recording" | ||||||
7 | means a sound
or audio visual recording without the actual | ||||||
8 | name and full and correct
street address of the | ||||||
9 | manufacturer, and the name of the actual performers
or | ||||||
10 | groups prominently and legibly printed on the outside cover | ||||||
11 | or jacket
and on the label of such sound or audio visual | ||||||
12 | recording.
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13 | (6) "Manufacturer" means the person who actually makes | ||||||
14 | or causes
to be made a sound or audio visual recording. The | ||||||
15 | term manufacturer does not include a person who | ||||||
16 | manufactures the medium upon which sounds or visual images | ||||||
17 | can be recorded or stored, or who manufactures the | ||||||
18 | cartridge or casing itself.
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19 | (c) Unlawful use of recorded sounds or images is a Class
4 | ||||||
20 | felony; however:
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21 | (1) If the offense involves more than 100 but not | ||||||
22 | exceeding 1000
unidentified sound recordings or more than 7 | ||||||
23 | but not exceeding 65
unidentified audio visual recordings | ||||||
24 | during any 180 day period the
authorized fine is up to | ||||||
25 | $100,000; and
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26 | (2) If the offense involves more than 1,000 |
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1 | unidentified sound
recordings or more than 65 unidentified | ||||||
2 | audio visual recordings during any
180 day period the | ||||||
3 | authorized fine is up to $250,000.
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4 | (d) This Section shall neither enlarge nor diminish the | ||||||
5 | rights
of parties in private litigation.
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6 | (e) This Section does not apply to any person engaged in | ||||||
7 | the business
of radio or television broadcasting who transfers, | ||||||
8 | or causes to be
transferred, any sounds (other than from the | ||||||
9 | sound track of a
motion picture) solely for the purpose of | ||||||
10 | broadcast transmission.
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11 | (f) If any provision or item of this Section or the | ||||||
12 | application
thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not | ||||||
13 | affect other
provisions, items or applications of this Section | ||||||
14 | which can be
given effect without the invalid provisions, items | ||||||
15 | or applications
and to this end the provisions of this Section | ||||||
16 | are hereby
declared severable.
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17 | (g) Each and every individual manufacture, distribution or | ||||||
18 | sale
or transfer for a consideration of such recorded devices | ||||||
19 | in
contravention of this Section constitutes
a separate | ||||||
20 | violation of this Section.
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21 | (h) Any sound or audio visual recordings containing | ||||||
22 | transferred
sounds or a performance whose transfer was not | ||||||
23 | authorized by the owner of
the master sound recording or | ||||||
24 | performance, in violation of this Section, or
in the attempt to | ||||||
25 | commit such violation as defined in Section 8-2, or in a
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26 | solicitation to commit such offense as defined in Section 8-1, |
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1 | may be
confiscated and destroyed upon conclusion of the case or | ||||||
2 | cases to which
they are relevant, except that the Court may | ||||||
3 | enter an order preserving them
as evidence for use in other | ||||||
4 | cases or pending the final determination of
an appeal.
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5 | (i) It is an affirmative defense to any charge of unlawful | ||||||
6 | use of
recorded sounds or images that the recorded sounds or | ||||||
7 | images so used are
public domain material. For purposes of this | ||||||
8 | Section, recorded sounds are
deemed to be in the public domain | ||||||
9 | if the recorded sounds were copyrighted
pursuant to the | ||||||
10 | copyright laws of the United States, as the same may be
amended | ||||||
11 | from time to time, and the term of the copyright and any | ||||||
12 | extensions
or renewals thereof has expired.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 95-485, eff. 1-1-08 .)
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14 | (720 ILCS 5/16-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-8)
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15 | Sec. 16-8. Unlawful use of unidentified sound or audio | ||||||
16 | visual recordings.
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17 | (a) A person commits unlawful use of of unidentified sound | ||||||
18 | or audio visual
recordings when he intentionally, knowingly, | ||||||
19 | recklessly or negligently for
profit manufactures, advertises | ||||||
20 | or offers for sale, sells, distributes, transports, vends, | ||||||
21 | circulates, performs,
leases, or possesses for such purposes, | ||||||
22 | unidentified sound or audio visual
recordings or causes the | ||||||
23 | manufacture, advertisement or offer for sale, sale, | ||||||
24 | distribution, transportation, vending,
circulation, | ||||||
25 | performance, lease, or possession for such purposes, |
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1 | unidentified
sound or audio visual recordings.
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2 | (b) Unlawful use of unidentified sound or audio visual | ||||||
3 | recordings is a
Class 4 felony; however:
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4 | (1) If the offense involves more than 100 but not | ||||||
5 | exceeding 1000
unidentified sound recordings or more than 7 | ||||||
6 | but not exceeding 65
unidentified audio visual recordings | ||||||
7 | during any 180 day period the
authorized fine is up to | ||||||
8 | $100,000; and
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9 | (2) If the offense involves more than 1,000 | ||||||
10 | unidentified sound
recordings or more than 65 unidentified | ||||||
11 | audio visual recordings during any
180 day period the | ||||||
12 | authorized fine is up to $250,000.
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13 | (c) Each and every individual manufacture, advertisement | ||||||
14 | or offer for sale, sale, distribution, transportation,
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15 | vending,
circulation, performance, lease, or possession for | ||||||
16 | such purposes, an
unidentified sound or audio visual recording | ||||||
17 | constitutes a separate
violation of this Section.
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18 | (c-5) Upon conviction of any violation of this Section, the | ||||||
19 | offender shall be sentenced to make restitution to any owner or | ||||||
20 | lawful producer of a master sound or audio visual recording, or | ||||||
21 | to the trade association representing such owner or lawful | ||||||
22 | producer, that has suffered injury resulting from the crime. | ||||||
23 | The order of restitution shall be based on the aggregate | ||||||
24 | wholesale value of lawfully manufactured and authorized sound | ||||||
25 | or audio visual recordings corresponding to the non-conforming | ||||||
26 | recorded devices involved in the offense, and shall include |
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1 | investigative costs relating to the offense.
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2 | (d) If any provision or item of this Section or the | ||||||
3 | application thereof
is held invalid, such invalidity shall not | ||||||
4 | affect other provisions, items
or applications of this Section | ||||||
5 | which can be given effect without the
invalid provisions, items | ||||||
6 | or applications and to this end the provisions of
this Section | ||||||
7 | are hereby declared severable.
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8 | (e) Any unidentified sound or audio visual recording used | ||||||
9 | in violation
of this Section, or in the attempt to commit such | ||||||
10 | violation as defined in
Section 8-4, or in a conspiracy to | ||||||
11 | commit such violation as defined in
Section 8-2, or in a | ||||||
12 | solicitation to commit such offense as defined in
Section 8-1, | ||||||
13 | may be confiscated and destroyed upon conclusion of the case
or | ||||||
14 | cases to which they are relevant, except that the Court may | ||||||
15 | enter an
order preserving them as evidence for use in other | ||||||
16 | cases or pending the
final determination of an appeal.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 95-485, eff. 1-1-08.)
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18 | Section 10. The Counterfeit Trademark Act is amended by | ||||||
19 | changing Sections 2 and 8 as follows:
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20 | (765 ILCS 1040/2) (from Ch. 140, par. 24)
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21 | Sec. 2.
Whoever uses a counterfeit mark or or imitates any
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22 | trade-mark or service mark
of which he or she is not
the | ||||||
23 | rightful owner or in any way utters or circulates any | ||||||
24 | counterfeit or
imitation of such a trade-mark or service mark |
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1 | or knowingly uses such
counterfeit or
imitation or knowingly | ||||||
2 | sells or disposes of or keeps or has in his or her
possession, | ||||||
3 | with intent that the same shall be sold or disposed of, any
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4 | goods, wares, merchandise, or other product of labor or | ||||||
5 | service, to which
any such
counterfeit or imitation is attached | ||||||
6 | or affixed, or on which any such
counterfeit or imitation is | ||||||
7 | printed, painted, stamped or impressed, or
knowingly sells or | ||||||
8 | disposes of any goods, wares, merchandise or other
product of | ||||||
9 | labor contained in any box, case, can, or package to
which or | ||||||
10 | on
which any such counterfeit or imitation is attached, | ||||||
11 | affixed, printed,
painted, stamped or impressed, or keeps or | ||||||
12 | has in his possession with
intent that the same shall be sold | ||||||
13 | or disposed of, any goods, wares,
merchandise or other product | ||||||
14 | of labor in any box, case, can or
package to
which or on which | ||||||
15 | any such counterfeit, or imitation is attached, affixed,
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16 | printed, painted, stamped or impressed or knowingly sells a | ||||||
17 | service using a
counterfeit service mark, shall be guilty of a | ||||||
18 | Class A
misdemeanor for each offense, or in the case of a | ||||||
19 | counterfeit item shall be
punished
as provided in Section 8.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 96-631, eff. 1-1-10.)
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21 | (765 ILCS 1040/8)
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22 | Sec. 8. Sentence.
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23 | (a) A person who who knowingly sells, offers for sale, | ||||||
24 | holds for sale, or
uses fewer than 100 counterfeit items or | ||||||
25 | counterfeit items having a retail
value in the aggregate of |
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1 | $300 or less is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
and shall be | ||||||
2 | fined at least 25% of the retail value of all counterfeit items
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3 | but no more than $1,000, except as follows: | ||||||
4 | (1) A person who has a prior conviction for a
violation | ||||||
5 | of this Act within the preceding 5 years is guilty of a | ||||||
6 | Class 4
felony and shall be fined at least 50% but no more | ||||||
7 | than 100% of the retail
value of all counterfeit items.
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8 | (2) A person who, as a result of the offense, causes
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9 | bodily harm to another is guilty of a Class 3 felony and | ||||||
10 | shall be fined at least 50% but no more than 100% of the | ||||||
11 | retail value of all counterfeit items. | ||||||
12 | (3) A person who, as a result of the offense, causes
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13 | serious bodily harm to, or the death of, another
is guilty | ||||||
14 | of a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
15 | (b) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds | ||||||
16 | for sale, or uses
100 or more but fewer than 500 counterfeit | ||||||
17 | items or counterfeit items having
a retail value in the | ||||||
18 | aggregate of more than $300 but less than $10,000 is
guilty of | ||||||
19 | a Class 3 felony and shall be fined at least 25% but no more
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20 | than 100% of the retail value of all counterfeit items, except | ||||||
21 | as follows: | ||||||
22 | (1) A person
who
has a prior conviction for a violation | ||||||
23 | of this Act within the preceding 5 years
is guilty of a | ||||||
24 | Class 2 felony and shall be fined at least 50% but no more | ||||||
25 | than
100% of the retail value of all counterfeit items.
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26 | (2) A person who, as a result of the offense,
causes |
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1 | serious bodily harm to, or the death of, another is guilty | ||||||
2 | of a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
3 | (c) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds | ||||||
4 | for sale, or uses
500 or more but fewer than 2,000 counterfeit | ||||||
5 | items or counterfeit items
having a retail value in the | ||||||
6 | aggregate of $10,000 or more but less than
$100,000
is guilty | ||||||
7 | of a Class 2 felony and shall be fined at least 50% but no more | ||||||
8 | than
100% of the retail value of all counterfeit items, except | ||||||
9 | that a person who has a prior conviction of this Act within the | ||||||
10 | preceding 5 years is guilty of a Class 2 felony and shall be | ||||||
11 | fined at least 100% but no more than 300% of the retail value | ||||||
12 | of all counterfeit items.
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13 | (d) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds | ||||||
14 | for sale, or uses
2,000 or more counterfeit items or | ||||||
15 | counterfeit items having a retail value
in the aggregate of | ||||||
16 | $100,000 but less than $500,000 is guilty of a Class 1 felony | ||||||
17 | and shall
be fined at least 50% but no more than 100% of the | ||||||
18 | retail value of all
counterfeit items, except that a person who | ||||||
19 | has a prior conviction of this Act within the preceding 5 years | ||||||
20 | is guilty of a Class 1 felony and shall be fined at least 100% | ||||||
21 | but no more than 300% of the retail value of all counterfeit | ||||||
22 | items.
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23 | (e) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds | ||||||
24 | for sale, or uses 2,000 or more counterfeit items or | ||||||
25 | counterfeit items having a retail value in the aggregate of | ||||||
26 | $500,000 or more is guilty of a Class 1 non-probationable |
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1 | felony. | ||||||
2 | (e-5) For the purposes of determining the number of | ||||||
3 | counterfeit items
under subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), | ||||||
4 | the service marks or trade marks need
not be an aggregate of | ||||||
5 | identical marks but may be the aggregate of all
counterfeit | ||||||
6 | items offered for sale, held for sale, or used by the
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7 | defendant.
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8 | (f) Unless otherwise specifically provided, a person, | ||||||
9 | including a
corporation, convicted of violating this Act shall
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10 | be fined at least 25% of the retail value of all the | ||||||
11 | counterfeit items. In
addition to any fine, the court shall | ||||||
12 | order that restitution
be paid to the owners of the trademark, | ||||||
13 | trade name, or service mark, and to any other victim of the | ||||||
14 | offense.
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15 | A manufacturer of counterfeit items is guilty of a Class 3 | ||||||
16 | felony for a
first offense and a Class 2 felony for second or | ||||||
17 | subsequent offenses and may be
fined up to 3 times the retail | ||||||
18 | value of all counterfeit items produced by the
manufacturer.
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19 | (h) A person having possession, custody, or control of more | ||||||
20 | than 25 counterfeit items or counterfeit marks shall be | ||||||
21 | presumed not to be simply in possession of such, but to possess | ||||||
22 | said items with intent to offer for sale, to sell, or to | ||||||
23 | distribute. | ||||||
24 | (i) A state or federal certificate of registration of | ||||||
25 | trademark is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. | ||||||
26 | (j) The remedies provided herein shall be cumulative to the |
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1 | other civil and criminal remedies provided by law.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 96-631, eff. 1-1-10.)
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