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N.Y. Penal Law § 165.72: Trademark counterfeiting in the second degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title J. Offenses Involving Theft
  4. Article 165. Other Offenses Relating to Theft

§ 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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