N.Y. PEN Law § 165.73
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 165.73, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Trademark counterfeiting in the first degree
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§ 165.73 Trademark counterfeiting in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of trademark counterfeiting in the first degree\nwhen, with the intent to deceive or defraud some other person, or with\nthe intent to evade a lawful restriction on the sale, resale, offering\nfor sale, or distribution of goods, he or she manufactures, distributes,\nsells, or offers for sale goods which bear a counterfeit trademark, or\npossesses a trademark knowing it to be counterfeit for the purpose of\naffixing it to any goods, and the retail value of all such goods bearing\ncounterfeit trademarks exceeds one hundred thousand dollars.\n Trademark counterfeiting in the first degree is a class C felony.\n
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