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24-2-1-14. Remedies

IN Code § 24-2-1-14 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 14. (a) An owner of a mark registered under this chapter may bring an action to enjoin the use of any mark in violation of section 13 of this chapter and the manufacture, display, or sale of any goods or services identified by the mark and a court of competent jurisdiction may grant an injunction to restrain the use of the mark and the manufacture, display, or sale of the goods or services as the court considers just and reasonable.

(b) A court may:

(1) require a defendant to pay to the owner of a mark all:

(A) profits derived from; and

(B) damages suffered by reason of; the wrongful manufacture, display, or sale of the goods or services; and

(2) order that the goods or item bearing the mark in the possession or under the control of a defendant in the case be delivered to an officer of the court or to the complainant to be destroyed.

(c) In addition to amounts a court may award under subsection (b), a court may enter judgment for:

(1) an amount not to exceed the greater of:

(A) three (3) times the profits derived from; or

(B) three (3) times the damages suffered by reason of;

the intentional use of a counterfeit mark, knowing it to be a counterfeit in connection with the goods or services for which the mark is registered; and

(2) in exceptional cases, reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party.

(d) The invocation of a right or remedy in this chapter does not affect a registrant's right to prosecution under a penal law.

Formerly: Acts 1955, c.174, s.14. As amended by P.L.152-1986, SEC.32; P.L.135-2006, SEC.17.

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24-2-1-14. Remedies