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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-71-212

Infringement

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case National Ass'n for Healthcare Communications, Inc. v. Central Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Inc. (2001)

Most recently applied in Visual Dynamics, LLC v. Chaos Software Ltd. (February 2018)

Acts 1997, No. 1109, § 12.

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Subject to the provisions of § 4-71-216, any person who shall commit the following acts shall be liable in a civil action by the registrant for any and all of the remedies provided in § 4-71-214, except that under this section the registrant shall not be entitled to recover profits or damages unless the acts have been committed with the intent to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive:

(1) To use, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a mark registered under this subchapter in connection with the sale, distribution, offering for sale, or advertising of any goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive as to the source of origin of such goods or services; or

(2) To reproduce, counterfeit, copy, or colorably imitate any such mark and apply such reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, or advertisements intended to be used upon or in connection with the sale or other distribution in this state of such goods or services.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.