18 U.S.C. § 2320
Trafficking in counterfeit goods or services
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2320, Trafficking in counterfeit goods or services, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449582
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Whoever intentionally—
Whoever commits an offense under subsection (a)—
Whoever commits an offense under subsection (a) involving a counterfeit military good or service or drug that uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with the drug—
Persons permitted to submit victim impact statements shall include—
For the purposes of this section—
the term “counterfeit mark” means—
a spurious mark—
the term “counterfeit military good or service” means a good or service that uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such good or service and that—
Beginning with the first year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall include in the report of the Attorney General to Congress on the business of the Department of Justice prepared pursuant to section 522 of title 28, an accounting, on a district by district basis, of the following with respect to all actions taken by the Department of Justice that involve trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works (as defined in section 2318 of this title), criminal infringement of copyrights (as defined in section 2319 of this title), unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos of live musical performances (as defined in section 2319A of this title), or trafficking in goods or services bearing counterfeit marks (as defined in section 2320 of this title):
The report under paragraph (1), with respect to criminal infringement of copyright, shall include the following:
In this paragraph, the term “online infringement cases” as used in paragraph (2) means those cases where the infringer—
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.
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.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
- No Electronic Theft (NET) ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States Code, "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to clarify without substantive change laws related to Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations and to improve the United States Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to correct a technical error in the codification of title 36 of the United States Code.House: 413–0Senate: no recorded tally
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: 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
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
- Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: 96–1
- Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally