Tennessee § 47-25-403 - Prohibited acts.
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§ 47-25-403. Prohibited acts.
It is unlawful for any person without the written authority of the owner of a trademark for a drug to do or be concerned in the doing of any of the following acts: Making or causing to be made, selling, possessing, or using commercially any counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation of such trademark or any package or label bearing or containing any such counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation; Knowingly receiving, keeping or having in the person's possession or under the person's control, selling, offering for sale, or disposing of any drug bearing any counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation of such trademark or in any package or under any label bearing any such counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation; Making or causing to be made or knowingly possessing, selling, disposing of, delivering, or offering to deliver to any person a die, plate, block, stone, type-face, matrix, or other means of printing, lithographing, or otherwise making a counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation of such trademark; or Knowingly misrepresenting orally or by advertisement or artifice the manufacture or origin or commercial sponsorship of any drug sold, offered, or exposed for sale. Acts 1933, ch. 113, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 6594.2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 69-515, 47-25-415. Compiler's Notes. Former sections 47-25-401—47-25-412 (Acts 1905, ch. 21, §§ 1-8; Shan., §§ 3473a15- 3473a23; Code 1932, §§ 6762-6770; Acts 1951, ch. 255, § 1 (Williams, §§ 6762-6770); 1961, ch. 304, §§ 1, 2; 1974, ch. 648, § 1; 1980, ch. 551, § 1; 1982, ch. 698, § 1) concerning trademarks and labels were repealed by Acts 1982, ch. 698, § 1. For law concerning trademarks generally, see part 5 of this chapter.
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