TRADEMARKINFRINGEMENT
Trademark infringement
Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attaching to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees . Infringement may occur when one party, the "infringer", uses a trademark which is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark owned by another party, in relation to products or services which are identical or similar to the products or services which the registration covers. An owner of a trademark may commence civil legal proceedings against a party which infringes its registered trademark. In the US, the Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1984 criminalized the intentional trade in counterfeit goods ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Trademark infringement
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