Every brand or trademark so adopted shall, from the date of its recordation be the exclusive brand or trademark of the person, firm or corporation adopting it, and any other person, firm or corporation knowingly using or attempting to use the same, without authority in writing from the owner thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined for each offense in so using the same not less than $20 nor more than $200, and shall be liable to the owner of such brand or trademark for all the damages sustained by such owner by reason of such unauthorized use.
Code 1950, § 59-207; 1968, c. 439.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 59.1 - Trade and Commerce
§ 59.1-103. Persons engaged in lumbering or rafting on certain waters may adopt mark of designation
§ 59.1-105. Certificate as evidence of right to use marks
§ 59.1-106. Sale of unclaimed timber, etc., found adrift; disposition of proceeds
§ 59.1-108. Who are timber dealers
§ 59.1-109. Timber dealer may adopt brand or trademark; recordation
§ 59.1-110. Using recorded brand or trademark without authority
§ 59.1-111. Unauthorized use of dealer's branding iron, or defacing, etc., marks made by it
§ 59.1-112. Fraudulently impressing brand on timber
§ 59.1-113. Effect of impressing brand on tree, etc.
§ 59.1-114. Unlawful cutting down, possessing or converting branded timber
§ 59.1-115. Sheriff's sale of unbranded timber; recovery by owner; disposition of proceeds