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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1631
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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765 ILCS 1040/1 |
from Ch. 140, par. 23 |
765 ILCS 1040/2 |
from Ch. 140, par. 24 |
765 ILCS 1040/3 |
from Ch. 140, par. 25 |
765 ILCS 1040/4 |
from Ch. 140, par. 26 |
765 ILCS 1040/8 |
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765 ILCS 1040/9 |
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Amends the Counterfeit Trademark Act. Defines counterfeit mark as a spurious mark that is applied to or used with any goods, services, labels, patches, fabric, stickers, wrappers, badges, emblems, medallions, charms, boxes, containers, cans, cases, hangtags, documentation on packaging or any other components that are designed, marketed, or used with any goods or services that is identical or substantially indistinguishable from a registered mark whether or not the defendant knew the mark was registered and the application or use of the mark is likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive. Deletes provision that states that a "mark" includes any trademark or service mark whether registered or not. Provides that a "trademark" means anything adopted and used by a person to identify goods which distinguishes them from other goods and registered in Illinois, another state, or with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (instead of identify goods which distinguishes them from other goods). Provides definitions of "retail value", "bodily injury", and "serious bodily injury". Provides that a person who knowingly offers or sells counterfeit items having a retail value is guilty of a crime and increases the class of criminal offenses and the fines for those offenses. Provides that a peace officer shall (instead of may) upon probable cause seize any counterfeit items, counterfeit marks, or any component (instead of goods, wares, merchandise, or other product that has a counterfeit mark) and shall, upon probable cause, seize any proceeds from an Act violation.
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| AN ACT concerning property.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counterfeit Trademark Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9 as follows:
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| (765 ILCS 1040/1) (from Ch. 140, par. 23)
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| Sec. 1.
For the purposes of this Act, unless otherwise |
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| required by the
context:
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| "Counterfeit item" means any goods, components of goods, or |
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| services made,
produced, or knowingly sold or knowingly |
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| distributed that use or display a
counterfeit mark trade mark, |
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| trade name, or service mark that is a spurious mark identical |
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| with
or substantially indistinguishable from the registered |
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| mark as registered with
the United States Patent and Trademark |
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| Office .
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| "Counterfeit mark" means a spurious mark: |
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| (1) That is applied to or used in connection with any |
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| goods, services, labels, patches, fabric, stickers, |
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| wrappers, badges, emblems, medallions, charms, boxes, |
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| containers, cans, cases, hangtags, documentation, or |
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| packaging or any other components of any type or nature |
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| that are designed, marketed, or otherwise intended to be |
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| used on or in connection with any goods or services; |
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| (2) That is identical with, or substantially |
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| indistinguishable from, a mark registered in this State, |
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| any state, or on the principal register in the United |
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| States Patent and Trademark Office and in use, whether or |
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| not the defendant knew such mark was so registered; and |
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| (3) The application or use of which either (i) is |
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| likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake, or to deceive; |
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| or (ii) otherwise intended to be used on or in connection |
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| with the goods or services for which the mark is |
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| registered. |
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| "Mark" includes any trade-mark or service mark whether |
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| registered or
not. "Trade-mark" means anything adopted and used |
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| by a person to identify
goods made, sold, produced or |
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| distributed by him or her or with his or her
authorization
and |
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| which distinguishes them from goods made, sold, produced or |
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| distributed
by others and registered in this State, any state, |
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| or on the principal register in the United States Patent and |
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| Trademark Office . |
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| "Service mark" means anything adopted and used by a person |
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| to
identify services rendered by him or her or with his or her |
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| authorization and
that
distinguishes them from services |
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| rendered by others.
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| "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, |
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| corporation,
association, union or other organization.
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| A mark shall be deemed to be "used" (1) in the case of a |
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| trade-mark,
when it is placed in any manner on the goods, in or |
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| on any container for
the goods, on the tags or labels affixed |
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| to the goods or containers, or is
displayed in physical |
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| association with the goods in the sale or
distribution thereof, |
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| or (2) in the case of a service mark, if it
identifies a |
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| service, even though the service may be rendered in connection
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| with the sale or distribution of goods of the owner of the |
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| mark. A mark
shall be deemed to be "used in this State" (1) in |
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| the case of a trade-mark
when it is used on goods which are |
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| sold or otherwise distributed in this
State, or (2) in the case |
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| of a service mark if the service identified by
the mark is |
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| rendered or received in this State.
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| "Trade-name" includes individual names and surnames, firm |
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| names and
corporate names used by manufacturers, |
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| industrialists, merchants,
agriculturists, and others to |
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| identify their businesses, vocations, or
occupations; the |
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| names or titles lawfully adopted and used by persons,
firms, |
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| associations, corporations, companies, unions, and any
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| manufacturing, industrial, commercial, agricultural, or other |
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| organizations
engaged in trade or commerce and capable of suing |
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| and being sued in a court
of law.
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| "Retail value" means: |
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| (1) The counterfeiter's per unit regular price for the |
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| counterfeit item, unless the counterfeit item would appear |
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| to a reasonably prudent person to be authentic, then the |
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| retail value shall be the price of the authentic |
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| counterpart; or if no authentic reasonably similar |
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| counterpart exists, then the retail value shall remain the |
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| counterfeiter's per unit regular sale price for the |
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| counterfeit item. |
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| (2) In the case of labels, patches, stickers, wrappers, |
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| badges, emblems, medallions, charms, boxes, containers, |
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| cans, cases, hangtags, documentation, or packaging or any |
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| other components of any type or nature that are designed, |
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| marketed, or otherwise intended to be used on or in |
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| connection with any counterfeit item, the retail value |
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| shall be treated as if each component was a finished good |
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| and valued as detailed in paragraph (1) above. |
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| "Bodily injury" means: |
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| (1) A cut, abrasion, bruise, burn, or disfigurement; |
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| (2) Physical pain; |
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| (3) Illness; |
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| (4) Impairment of the function of a bodily member, |
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| organ, or mental faculty; or |
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| (5) Any other injury to the body, no matter how |
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| temporary. |
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| "Serious bodily injury" means: |
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| (1) A substantial risk of death; |
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| (2) Extreme physical pain; |
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| (3) Protracted and obvious disfigurement; or |
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| (4) Protracted loss or impairment of the function of a |
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| bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. |
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| (Source: P.A. 89-693, eff. 6-1-97.)
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| (765 ILCS 1040/2) (from Ch. 140, par. 24)
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| Sec. 2.
Whoever uses a counterfeit mark counterfeits or |
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| imitates any
trade-mark or service mark
of which he or she is |
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| not
the rightful owner or in any way utters or circulates any |
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| counterfeit or
imitation of such a trade-mark or service mark |
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| or knowingly uses such
counterfeit or
imitation or knowingly |
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| sells or disposes of or keeps or has in his or her
possession, |
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| with intent that the same shall be sold or disposed of, any
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| goods, wares, merchandise, or other product of labor or |
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| service, to which
any such
counterfeit or imitation is attached |
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| or affixed, or on which any such
counterfeit or imitation is |
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| printed, painted, stamped or impressed, or
knowingly sells or |
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| disposes of any goods, wares, merchandise or other
product of |
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| labor contained in any box, case, can, or package to
which or |
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| on
which any such counterfeit or imitation is attached, |
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| affixed, printed,
painted, stamped or impressed, or keeps or |
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| has in his possession with
intent that the same shall be sold |
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| or disposed of, any goods, wares,
merchandise or other product |
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| of labor in any box, case, can or
package to
which or on which |
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| any such counterfeit, or imitation is attached, affixed,
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| printed, painted, stamped or impressed or knowingly sells a |
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| service using a
counterfeit service mark, shall be guilty of a |
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| Class A
misdemeanor for each offense, or in the case of a |
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| counterfeit item shall be
punished
as provided in Section 8.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-693, eff. 6-1-97.)
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| (765 ILCS 1040/3) (from Ch. 140, par. 25)
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| Sec. 3.
Every person who shall knowingly use a counterfeit |
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| mark or display a trade-mark,
trade name, or service mark of |
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| which he or she is not the lawful owner
in any manner not |
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| authorized
by such owner, whether or not the unauthorized use |
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| creates a likelihood of
confusion or misunderstanding, (a) in |
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| the sale of goods or services
produced by the
owner, but with |
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| alterations in packaging or labeling, or (b) in the sale of
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| goods or services produced by the owner but in a packaging form |
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| not
intended by him for
such sale, or (c) in the packaging or |
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| labeling of goods or services not
produced by the
owner, if the |
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| trade-mark, trade name, or service mark of the
owner is used |
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| for the purpose
or with the effect of exploiting or impairing |
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| the owner's good will or as a
means of representing a quality, |
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| property or characteristic of the goods or
services
being sold, |
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| other than the utility of the goods or services in the repair
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| of or as a
replacement of a component of the product of the |
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| owner and the trade-mark, trade name, or service mark is used |
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| in a non-misleading manner
solely to indicate such
utility, |
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| shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, or in the case |
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| of a
counterfeit item shall be punished as provided in Section |
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| 8. In all cases
where such owner is an incorporated association |
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| or union, suits under this
Act may be commenced and prosecuted |
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| by any officer or member of such
association or union on behalf |
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| of and for the use of such association or
union.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-693, eff. 6-1-97.)
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| (765 ILCS 1040/4) (from Ch. 140, par. 26)
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| Sec. 4.
Any person or persons who shall in any way |
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| knowingly use the name or seal
of any
trade-mark or service |
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| mark owner in and about the sale of goods or
services or |
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| otherwise, not being
authorized to so use the same shall be |
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| deemed guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor, or in the case of a |
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| counterfeit item shall be punished as provided
in Section 8.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-693, eff. 6-1-97.)
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| (765 ILCS 1040/8)
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| Sec. 8. Sentence.
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| (a) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds |
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| for sale, or
uses fewer than 100 counterfeit items or |
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| counterfeit items having a retail
value in the aggregate of |
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| $300 $1,000 or less is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
and |
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| shall be fined at least 25% of the retail value of all |
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| counterfeit items
but no more than $1,000, except that a person |
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| who has a prior conviction for a
violation of this Act within |
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| the preceding 5 years is guilty of a Class 4
felony and shall |
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| be fined at least 50% 25% but no more than 100% of the retail
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| value of all counterfeit items.
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| (b) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds |
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| for sale, or uses
100 or more but fewer than 500 counterfeit |
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| items or counterfeit items having
a retail value in the |
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| aggregate of more than $300 $1,000 but less than $10,000 |
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| $25,000 is
guilty of a felony Class A misdemeanor and shall be |
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| fined at least 25% but no more
than 100% of the retail value of |
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| all counterfeit items, except that a person
who
has a prior |
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| conviction for a violation of this Act within the preceding 5 |
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| years
is guilty of a Class 2 4 felony and shall be fined at |
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| least 50% 25% but no more than
100% of the retail value of all |
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| counterfeit items.
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| (c) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds |
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| for sale, or uses
500 or more but fewer than 2,000 counterfeit |
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| items or counterfeit items
having a retail value in the |
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| aggregate of $10,000 $25,000 or more but less than
$100,000
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| guilty of a Class 2 4 felony and shall be fined at least 50% 25% |
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| but no more than
100% of the retail value of all counterfeit |
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| items , except that a person who has a prior conviction of this |
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| Act within the preceding 5 years is guilty of a Class 2 felony |
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| and shall be fined at least 100% but no more than 300% of the |
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| retail value of all counterfeit items .
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| (d) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds |
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| for sale, or uses
2,000 or more counterfeit items or |
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| counterfeit items having a retail value
in the aggregate of |
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| $100,000 but less than $500,000 or more is guilty of a Class 1 |
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| 3 felony and shall
be fined at least 50% 25% but no more than |
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| 100% of the retail value of all
counterfeit items , except that |
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| a person who has a prior conviction of this Act within the |
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| preceding 5 years is guilty of a Class 1 felony and shall be |
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| fined at least 100% but no more than 300% of the retail value |
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| of all counterfeit items .
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| (e) A person who knowingly sells, offers for sale, holds |
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| for sale, or uses 2,000 or more counterfeit items or |
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| counterfeit items having a retail value in the aggregate of |
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| $500,000 or more is guilty of a Class 1 non-probationable |
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| felony. |
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| (e-5) (d-5) For the purposes of determining the number of |
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| counterfeit items
under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d), or |
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| (e), the service marks or trade marks need
not be an aggregate |
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| of identical marks but may be the aggregate of all
counterfeit |
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| items offered for sale, held for sale, or used by the
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| defendant.
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| (f) (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided, a person, |
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| including a
corporation, convicted of violating this Act shall
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| be fined at least 25% of the retail value of all the |
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| counterfeit items. In
addition to any fine, the court shall |
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| may, in its discretion , order that restitution
be paid to the |
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| owners of the trademark, trade name, or service mark , and to |
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| any other victim of the offense .
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| (f) A manufacturer of counterfeit items is guilty of a |
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| Class 3 4 felony for a
first offense and a Class 2 3 felony for |
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| second or subsequent offenses and may be
fined up to 3 times |
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| the retail value of all counterfeit items produced by the
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| manufacturer.
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| (h) A person having possession, custody, or control of more |
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| than 25 counterfeit items or counterfeit marks shall be |
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| presumed not to be simply in possession of such, but to possess |
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| said items with intent to offer for sale, to sell, or to |
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| distribute. |
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| (i) In this State, any state or federal certificate of |
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| registration shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated |
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| therein. |
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| (j) The remedies provided herein shall be cumulative to the |
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| other civil and criminal remedies provided by law. |
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| (g) The retail value of the counterfeit item shall be the |
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| counterfeiter's
per unit sale price for the counterfeit items. |
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| The retail value of a component
of a counterfeit item shall be |
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| the same as the sale price of the counterfeit
item with which |
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| the component is sold.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-693, eff. 6-1-97.)
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| (765 ILCS 1040/9)
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| Sec. 9. Seizure and disposition.
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| (a) A peace officer shall may , upon probable cause, seize |
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| any counterfeit items, counterfeit marks, goods, wares,
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| merchandise, or
other product of labor or services to which a |
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| counterfeit trademark, trade
name, or service mark is attached |
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| or affixed, or on which the counterfeit is
printed, painted, |
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| stamped or impressed, or any component of that merchandise
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| knowingly possessed in violation of this Act.
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| (b) A peace officer shall may seize any vehicle, aircraft, |
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| vessel, machinery or
other instrumentality which the
officer |
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| reasonably believed was knowingly used to commit or facilitate |
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| a violation of
this Act.
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| (c) A peace officer shall, upon probable cause, seize any |
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| proceeds resulting from a violation of this Act. |
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| (d) (c) Seized counterfeit goods shall be destroyed upon |
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| the written consent of
the
defendant or by judicial |
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| determination that the seized goods are counterfeit
items or |
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| otherwise bear the trademark, trade name or service mark |
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| without the
authorization of the owner, unless another |
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| disposition of the goods is
consented to by the owner of the |
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| trademark, trade
name or service mark.
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| The seizure and forfeiture of vehicles, aircraft, vessels, |
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| machinery, or
other instrumentalities provided for by this |
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| Section shall be carried out in
the same manner and pursuant to |
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| the same procedures as provided in Article 36
of the Criminal |
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| Code of 1961 with respect to vessels, vehicles, and
aircraft.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-693, eff. 6-1-97.)
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