18 U.S.C. § 2318
Trafficking in counterfeit labels, illicit labels, or counterfeit documentation or packaging
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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11 So in original. No par.
(2) has been enacted. Whoever, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (c), knowingly traffics in—
a counterfeit label or illicit label affixed to, enclosing, or accompanying, or designed to be affixed to, enclose, or accompany—
As used in this section—
the term “illicit label” means a genuine certificate, licensing document, registration card, or similar labeling component—
that is, without the authorization of the copyright owner—
The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) of this section are—
the counterfeit label or illicit label is affixed to, encloses, or accompanies, or is designed to be affixed to, enclose, or accompany—
In any action brought under paragraph (1), the court—
may award to the injured party—
The injured party is entitled to recover—
The court shall calculate actual damages by multiplying—
For purposes of this paragraph, the “value” of a phonorecord, copy, or work of visual art is—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to amend title 17 of the United States Code to remove the expiration date for a limited copyright in sound recordings, to increase the criminal penalties for piracy and counterfeiting of sound recordings, to extend the duration of copyright protection in certain cases, to establish a National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Crime Control Act of 1990House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008House: 381–41Senate: no recorded tally
- Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act of 2010House: 385–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally