[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR133.27]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 133--TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES, AND COPYRIGHTS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C--Importations Bearing Registered and/or Recorded Trademarks or 
                          Recorded Trade Names
 
Sec. 133.27  Civil fines for those involved in the importation of counterfeit trademark goods.

    In addition to any other penalty or remedy authorized by law, 
Customs may impose a civil fine on any person who directs, assists 
financially or otherwise, or aids and abets the importation of 
merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark (within the meaning of 
Sec. 133.21 of this subpart) as follows:
    (a) First violation. For the first seizure of such merchandise, the 
fine imposed will not be more than the domestic value of the merchandise 
(see Sec. 162.43(a) of this chapter) as if it had been genuine, based on 
the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the merchandise at the time 
of seizure.
    (b) Second and subsequent violations. For the second and each 
subsequent seizure of such merchandise, the fine imposed will not be 
more than twice the domestic value of the merchandise as if it had been 
genuine, based on the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the 
merchandise at the time of seizure.