§ 2572 - Penalty for use of mark without consent of owner
§ 2572. Penalty for use of mark without consent of owner
A person who, without the owner's consent, buys, sells, takes, uses in his business, conceals or disposes of a receptacle belonging to a person or corporation which has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title shall be imprisoned not more than 60 days or fined not more than $5.00, or both, for each such receptacle so unlawfully bought, sold, taken, used, concealed or disposed of. For each subsequent offense, such person shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $10.00, or both, for each such receptacle so unlawfully bought, sold, taken, used, concealed or disposed of. The possession by a person in the transaction of his business of a receptacle, the owner of which has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title, shall be prima facie evidence that the same was unlawfully bought, sold, taken, used, concealed or disposed of. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)