{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-2-14b","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 47-2-14b","heading":"Misdemeanor trademark counterfeiting; penalty.","body":"(a) A person commits the crime of misdemeanor trademark counterfeiting if the person commits trademark counterfeiting as described in section fourteen-a of this article and the total retail value of all of the items bearing the counterfeit mark or services that are identified by the counterfeit mark is less than $1,000.\n(b) The penalty for misdemeanor trademark counterfeiting is:\n(1) For a first violation, confinement in jail for not more than one year, or a fine not exceeding $2,000, or both a fine and confinement; and\n(2) For each subsequent violation, confinement in jail for not more than one year, or a fine not exceeding $5,000, or both a fine and confinement.\n(3) If the person convicted under this section is a firm, partnership, corporation, union, association or other organization capable of suing and being sued in a court of law, the maximum fine that may be imposed is $10,000.","path":["CHAPTER 47. REGULATION OF TRADE.","ARTICLE 2. TRADEMARKS IN GENERAL."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/47-2-14B/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:05Z","sha256":"67c427c319d85c9a510b29fec6e320c2fc9db16027ff73f0ee33e19ffb7e9f47","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-2-14a","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-2-14c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}