Penal Law § 165.73 · Article 165. Other Offenses Relating to Theft
Trademark counterfeiting in the first degree
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§ 165.73 Trademark counterfeiting in the first degree.
A person is guilty of trademark counterfeiting in the first 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 hundred thousand dollars.
Trademark counterfeiting in the first degree is a class C felony.
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