RCW 9.16.005 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Counterfeit mark” means: (a) Any unauthorized reproduction or copy of intellectual property; or (b) Intellectual property affixed to any item knowingly sold, offered for sale, manufactured, or distributed, or identifying services offered or rendered, without the […]
RCW 9.16.010 Removing lawful brands. Every person who shall willfully deface, obliterate, remove, or alter any mark or brand placed by or with the authority of the owner thereof on any shingle bolt, log or stick of timber, or on any horse, mare, gelding, mule, cow, steer, bull, sheep, goat or hog, shall be punished […]
RCW 9.16.020 Imitating lawful brand. Every person who, in any county, places upon any property, any brand or mark in the likeness or similitude of another brand or mark filed with the county auditor of such county by the owner thereof as a brand or mark for the designation or identification of a like kind […]
RCW 9.16.030 Counterfeit mark—Intellectual property. Any person who willfully and knowingly, and for financial gain, manufactures, uses, displays, advertises, distributes, offers for sale, sells or possesses with intent to sell or distribute any item, or offers any services, bearing or identified by a counterfeit mark, is guilty of the crime of counterfeiting. Any state or […]
RCW 9.16.035 Counterfeiting—Penalties. (1) Counterfeiting is a misdemeanor, except as provided in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section. (2) Counterfeiting is a gross misdemeanor if: (a) The defendant has previously been convicted under RCW 9.16.030; or (b) The violation involves more than one hundred but fewer than one thousand items bearing a counterfeit […]
RCW 9.16.041 Counterfeit items—Seizure and forfeiture. (1) Any items bearing a counterfeit mark, and all personal property employed or used in connection with counterfeiting, including but not limited to, any items, objects, tools, machines, equipment, instruments, or vehicles of any kind, shall be seized by any law enforcement officer. All seized personal property referenced in […]
RCW 9.16.050 When deemed affixed. A label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement shall be deemed to be affixed to any goods, wares, merchandise, mixture, preparation or compound whenever it is in any manner placed in or upon either the article itself, or the box, bale, barrel, bottle, case, cask or other vessel […]
RCW 9.16.060 Fraudulent registration of trademark. Every person who shall for himself or herself, or on behalf of any other person, corporation, association, or union, procure the filing of any label, trademark, term, design, device, or form of advertisement, with the secretary of state by any fraudulent means, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [ […]
RCW 9.16.070 Form and similitude defined. A plate, label, trademark, term, design, device or form of advertisement is in the form and similitude of the genuine instrument imitated if the finished parts of the engraving thereupon shall resemble or conform to the similar parts of the genuine instrument. [ 1909 c 249 § 348; RRS […]
RCW 9.16.080 Petroleum products improperly labeled or graded—Penalty. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation: (a) To use, adopt, place upon, or permit to be used, adopted or placed upon, any barrel, tank, drum or other container of gasoline or lubricating oil for internal combustion engines, sold or offered for sale, […]
RCW 9.16.100 Use of the words “sterling silver,” etc. Every person who shall make, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell or dispose of any metal article marked, stamped or branded with the words “sterling,” “sterling silver,” or “solid silver,” unless nine hundred […]
RCW 9.16.110 Use of words “coin silver,” etc. Every person who shall make, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his or her possession with intent to dispose of any metal article marked, stamped or branded with the words “coin,” or “coin silver,” unless nine hundred one-thousandths of the component parts […]
RCW 9.16.120 Use of the word “sterling” on mounting. Every person who shall make, sell, offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article comprised of leather, shell, ivory, celluloid, pearl, glass, porcelain, pottery, steel or wood, to which is applied or […]
RCW 9.16.130 Use of the words “coin silver” on mounting. Every person who shall make, sell, offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article comprised of leather, shell, ivory, celluloid, pearl, glass, porcelain, pottery, steel or wood, to which is applied […]
RCW 9.16.140 Unlawfully marking article made of gold. Every person who shall make, sell, offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article constructed wholly or in part of gold, or of an alloy of gold, and marked, stamped or branded in […]
RCW 9.16.150 “Marked, stamped or branded” defined. An article shall be deemed to be “marked, stamped or branded” whenever such article, or any box, package, cover or wrapper in which the same is enclosed, encased or prepared for sale or delivery, or any card, label or placard with which the same may be exhibited or […]
