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- Referred to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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BILL NUMBER:S3794
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to trademark remedies
Purpose or general idea of bill
any owner of a mark register under this article may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any counterfeits or imitations thereof and any court of competent jurisdiction may grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display or sale as may be by the said court deemed just and reasonable, and may require the defendants to pay to such owner all profits derived from and or all damages suffered by reason of such wrongful manufacture
Summary of specific provisions
relates to increasing the remedy for trademark counterfeiting
Justification
the court, in its discretion, may enter judgment for an amount not to exceed three times such profits and damages and or reasonable attorney's fees of the prevailing party in such cases where the court finds the other party committed such wrongful acts with knowledge or in bad faith or otherwise as according to the circumstances of this case
Prior legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
none
Effective date
this act shall take effect immediately
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