A spurious mark that is identical to, or substantially indistinguishable from, a registered trademark. 15 USCA § 11. — Also termed counterfeit mark. [Cases: Trade Regulation 312. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition § 151.]
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Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act. Copyright & trademarks. A federal law to discourage counter-feiting of trademarks and copyrighted merchandise such as computer programs, phonorecords, and motion pictures. • The law imposes criminal liability for trafficking in counterfeit goods and services (18 USCA § 2318), provides for the seizure of counterfeit goods (15 USCA § 1116(d)(9)), and
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counterfeit recording. Copyright. An unauthorized copy of a copyright-protected recording’s sounds, artwork, label, trademark, or packaging. — Also termed bootleg recording.
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counterfeit, vb. To unlawfully forge, copy, or imitate an item, esp. money or a negotiable instrument (such as a security or promissory note) or other officially issued item of value (such as a postage stamp or a food stamp), or to possess such an item without authorization and with the intent to deceive or defraud
knockoff, n. Intellectual property. An unauthorized counterfeit and usu. inferior copy of another’s product, esp. one protected by patent, trademark, trade dress, or copyright, usu. passed off at a substantially lower price than the original.
The statutory criminal offense of either (1) willfully infringing a copyright to obtain a commercial advantage or financial gain (17 USCA § 506; 18 USCA § 2319), or (2) trafficking in goods or services that bear a counterfeit mark (18 USCA § 2320). • Under the second category, the law imposes criminal penalties if the
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imitation. Trademarks. An item that so resembles a trademarked item as to be likely to induce the belief that it is genuine. See SIMILARITY. [Cases: Trade Regulation 339. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 84, 86.] “The law of trade marks is of recent origin, and may be comprehended in the proposition that a