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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81610</law_id><section_number>59.1-92.12</section_number><catch_line>Infringement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-92.13</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6.1">Registration and Protection of Trademarks and Service Marks</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Subject to the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Common law rights" href="/59.1-92.15/">59.1-92.15</a>, any person who (i) <span class="dictionary">uses</span> in a manner likely to cause a consumer confusion, mistake, or deception as to the source or origin of any goods or services, without the consent of the owner of a registered <span class="dictionary">mark</span>, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a registered <span class="dictionary">mark</span> in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of such goods or services or (ii) reproduces, counterfeits, copies or colorably imitates a registered <span class="dictionary">mark</span> and applies such reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, advertisements, or any item intended to be used in a manner likely to cause a consumer confusion, mistake, or deception as to the source or origin of any goods or services in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of such goods or services shall be liable in a <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> by the owner of a registered <span class="dictionary">mark</span> for any and all of the remedies provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Remedies and penalties" href="/59.1-92.13/">59.1-92.13</a>, except that under this subdivision the owner shall not be entitled to recover profits, <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, or attorney fees unless the acts have been committed with knowledge that such <span class="dictionary">mark</span> is intended to be used to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 819; 2008, cc. 759, 800; 2011, c. 801.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
