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WV Code § 47-2-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-14. Remedies

(a) Any owner of a mark registered under this article may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any counterfeits or imitations thereof and any court of competent jurisdiction may grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display or sale as may be by the said court deemed just and reasonable, and may require the defendants to pay to such owner all profits derived from and/or all damages suffered by reason of such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale; and such court may also order that any such counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of any defendant in such case be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed. The court, in its discretion, may enter judgment for an amount not to exceed three times such profits and damages and/or reasonable attorneys' fees of the registrant in such cases where the court finds the other party committed such wrongful acts with knowledge or in bad faith or otherwise as according to the circumstances of the case. (b) The enumeration of any right or remedy herein shall not affect a registrant's right to prosecute under any penal law of this state.
WV Code § 47-2-14a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-14a. Trademark Counterfeiting

(a) A person commits trademark counterfeiting if the person knowingly and with the intent to sell or distribute and without the consent of the registrant or owner uses, displays, advertises, distributes, offers for sale, sells or possesses any item that bears a counterfeit of a mark or any service that is identified by a counterfeit of a mark registered under this chapter, registered under 15 U. S. C. §1052, or under the common law with knowledge that the mark is counterfeit.(b) For purposes of this section, a mark is counterfeit if:(1) It is a mark that is identical to or substantially indistinguishable from a registered or common law mark; and(2) It is used on or in connection with the same type of goods or services for which the genuine mark is registered or otherwise used.
WV Code § 47-2-14b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-14b. Misdemeanor Trademark Counterfeiting; Penalty

(a) A person commits the crime of misdemeanor trademark counterfeiting if the person commits trademark counterfeiting as described in section fourteen-a of this article and the total retail value of all of the items bearing the counterfeit mark or services that are identified by the counterfeit mark is less than $1,000.(b) The penalty for misdemeanor trademark counterfeiting is:(1) For a first violation, confinement in jail for not more than one year, or a fine not exceeding $2,000, or both a fine and confinement; and(2) For each subsequent violation, confinement in jail for not more than one year, or a fine not exceeding $5,000, or both a fine and confinement.(3) If the person convicted under this section is a firm, partnership, corporation, union, association or other organization capable of suing and being sued in a court of law, the maximum fine that may be imposed is $10,000.
WV Code § 47-2-14c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-14c. Felony Trademark Counterfeiting; Penalty

(a) A person commits the crime of felony trademark counterfeiting if the person commits trademark counterfeiting as described in section fourteen-a of this article and the total retail value of all of the items bearing the counterfeit mark or services that are identified by the counterfeit mark is $1,000 or greater.(b) The penalty for felony trademark counterfeiting is:(1) Confinement in a state correctional facility for no less than one year nor more than five years or a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both a fine and confinement.(2) If the person convicted under this section is a firm, partnership, corporation, union, association or other organization capable of suing and being sued in a court of law, the maximum fine that may be imposed is $20,000.
WV Code § 47-2-14d (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-14d. Seizure, Forfeiture and Disposal

(a) The following are subject to seizure and forfeiture in the same manner as the items referenced in section seven hundred three, article seven, chapter sixty-a of this code:(1) All raw materials and equipment that are used, or intended for use, in providing, manufacturing and delivering items bearing a counterfeit mark or services identified by a counterfeit mark;(2) All conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or vessels, which are used, or are intended for use, to transport items bearing a counterfeit mark, except that:(A) A conveyance used by any person as a common carrier in the transaction of business as a common carrier shall not be forfeited under this section unless it appears that the person owning the conveyance is a consenting party or privy to a violation of this article;(B) A conveyance shall not be forfeited under the provisions of this article if the person owning the conveyance establishes that he or she neither knew, nor had reason to know, that the conveyance was being employed or was likely to be employed in a violation of this article; and(C) A bona fide security interest or other valid lien in any conveyance shall not be forfeited under the provisions of this article, unless the state proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the holder of the security interest or lien either knew, or had reason to know, that the conveyance was being used or was likely to be used in a violation of this article;(3) All books, records, computers and data that are used or intended for use in the production, manufacture, sale or delivery of items bearing a counterfeit mark or services identified by a counterfeit mark; and(4) All moneys, negotiable instruments, balances in deposit or other accounts, securities or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in the course of activity constituting a violation of sections fourteen-b, fourteen-c and fourteen-d of this article.(b) Items bearing a counterfeit mark are subject to seizure and disposition as provided in section seven, article one-a, chapter sixty-two of this code. However, if the registrant or owner so requests, the agency holding the seized items shall release the seized items to the registrant or owner or make such other disposition as the registrant or owner directs. If the registrant or owner does not direct disposition of the seized items, the agency shall destroy the items.
WV Code § 47-2-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-15. Forum for Actions Regarding Registration; Service on Out-of-State Registrants

(a) Actions to require cancellation of a mark registered pursuant to this article or in mandamus to compel registration of a mark pursuant to this article shall be brought in the circuit court of Kanawha County. In an action in mandamus, the proceeding shall be based solely upon the record before the secretary. In an action for cancellation, the secretary shall not be made a party to the proceeding but shall be notified of the filing of the complaint by the clerk of the court in which it is filed and shall be given the right to intervene in the action. (b) In any action brought against a nonresident registrant, service may be effected by service upon the registrant in accordance with the provisions of this code and the rules of civil procedure which prescribe the manner in which service upon nonresidents may be obtained.
WV Code § 47-2-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-16. Common Law Rights

Nothing herein shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks acquired in good faith at any time at common law.
WV Code § 47-2-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-17. Fees

(a) The secretary shall charge the following fees for services provided pursuant to the provisions of this article:(1) For an application fee and for a renewal fee, $50; and(2) For recording any instrument specified in section seven of this article, $25.(b) One half of each fee shall be deposited in the state fund, general revenue and one half of the fee shall be deposited in the service fees and collections account established by section two, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code for the operation of the office of the Secretary of State. Any balance remaining on June 30, 2001, in the existing special revenue account entitled "trademarks" as established by chapter two hundred forty-nine, acts of the Legislature, 1996 regular session, shall be transferred to the service fees and collections account established by section two, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code for the operation of the office of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall dedicate sufficient resources from that fund or other funds to provide the services required in this article.
WV Code § 47-2-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-18. Severability

If any provision hereof, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this article shall not be affected thereby.
WV Code § 47-2-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2. Trademarks in General|§47-2-19. Time of Taking Effect -- Repeal of Prior Articles; Intent of Article

(a) This article is effective July 1, 1996, but shall not affect any suit, proceeding or appeal then pending.(b) The intent of this article is to provide a system of state trademark registration and protection substantially consistent with the federal system of trademark registration and protection under the "Trademark Act Of 1946," as the same has been amended on the effective date of this article. To that end, the construction given the federal act should be examined as persuasive authority for interpreting and construing this article.
WV Code § 47-2A-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2A. Copyright Protection|§47-2A-1. Legislative Findings

The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) Under the copyright laws of the United States, a copyright owner may enforce the rights thereof against the owners of restaurants, bars, retail establishments, entertainment and sports facilities and similar places of business where members of the public may assemble for the public performance of music and other similar copyrighted works, whether it be in person by a performing artist hired by the proprietor or on radio stations or other electronic media transmitted, received and rebroadcast by the proprietor at those places of business;(b) The rights and responsibilities regarding copyrighted works are set forth in clause eight, section VIII, article I of the Constitution of the United States and governed statutorily by Title 17 of the United States code. The Legislature believes it is important that the State of West Virginia assist its business owners who utilize copyrighted materials and the creative artists of this state and elsewhere by ensuring that the holders of copyrights and those who use such materials are equitably treated.
WV Code § 47-2A-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2A. Copyright Protection|§47-2A-2. Definitions

As used in this article:(1) "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical or similar work, other that a motion picture or other audiovisual work, recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of the United States pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code, Public Law 94-553.(2) "Performing rights society" means an association or corporation that licenses the public performance of nondramatic musical works on behalf of copyright owners, such as the American society of composers, authors and publishers, broadcast music, inc., and SESAC, inc.(3) "Proprietor" means the owner of a retail establishment, restaurant, inn, bar, tavern, sports or other entertainment facility or any other similar place of business located in this state in which the public may assemble to hear nondramatic musical works or similar copyrighted works be performed, broadcast or otherwise transmitted for the enjoyment of the members of the public there assembled.(4) "Royalty" or "royalties" means the fees payable to the copyright owner or performing rights society for the public performance of nondramatic musical or other similar work.
WV Code § 47-2A-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2A. Copyright Protection|§47-2A-3. Publication of Royalty Rates; Notice Requirement; Sanctions for Failure to Publish

(a) Any copyright owner or performing rights society seeking to charge a proprietor or proprietors a royalty or fee for the performance for the public of nondramatic musical or similar works, shall, at least annually provide notice of the royalty or fee rate and the means of its computation to said proprietor or proprietors.(b) The notice referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be satisfied if the copyright owner or performing rights society publishes the required information in a Class II-0 legal advertisement in a qualified newspaper published in this state with a bona fide circulation of forty thousand or more, or if the copyright owner or performing rights society files copies of its license agreements containing the information required under subsection (a) of this section with the Secretary of State's office.(c) Failure of a copyright owner or performing rights society to meet the publication requirements of this section shall constitute a complete defense to any civil action brought by a copyright owner or performing rights society seeking to recover royalties in circumstances where no contract exists between such parties regarding royalties.
WV Code § 47-2A-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 2A. Copyright Protection|§47-2A-4. Applicability

This article does not apply to contracts between copyright owners or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the federal communications commission, except that if a copyright owner or performing rights society is licensed by the federal communications commission, this article shall apply to contracts between that copyright owner or performing rights society and a proprietor as otherwise provided herein. This article does not apply to any conduct engaged in for the enforcement of section fifty, article three, chapter sixty-one of this code.
WV Code § 47-5-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 5. Safety Glazing Materials|§47-5-1. Definitions

For the purposes of this article:(a) "Fabricator" means a person who fabricates, assembles, or glazes from component parts such structures or products commonly known as sliding glass doors, entrance doors, adjacent fixed glazed panels, storm doors, shower doors, bathtub enclosures, panels to be fixed glazed, entrance doors, or other structures to be glazed, to be used or installed in hazardous locations.(b) "Hazardous location" shall mean those areas in residential, commercial, and public buildings where the use of other than safety glazing materials would constitute a hazard as the commissioner of the West Virginia department of labor may determine after notice and hearings as required by chapter twenty- nine-a of this code, and shall specifically include those installations, glazed or unglazed, known as sliding glass doors, frame or unframed glass doors, and adjacent fixed glazed panels which may be mistaken for a means of ingress or egress, storm doors, shower doors, and tub enclosures whether or not the glazing in such doors, panels, or enclosures is transparent.(c) "Installer" means those persons or concerns who or which install glazing materials or build structures containing glazing materials, in hazardous locations.(d) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures safety glazing material.(e) "Safety glazing material" means any glazing materials, such as tempered glass, laminated glass, wire glass or rigid plastic, which meets the test requirements of the American National Standards Institute Standard Z-97.1-1966 and such further requirements as may be adopted by the department of labor in compliance with chapter twenty-nine-a of the Code of West Virginia and which are so constructed, treated or combined with other materials as to minimize the likelihood of cutting and piercing injuries resulting from human contact with glazing material.
WV Code § 47-5-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 5. Safety Glazing Materials|§47-5-2. Labeling Required

(a) Each light of safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported or sold for use in hazardous locations or installed in a hazardous location within this state shall be permanently labeled by such means as etching, sandblasting or firing ceramic material on the safety glazing material. The label shall identify the labeler, whether manufacturer, fabricator or installer, the thickness and type of safety glazing material, and the fact that the material meets the test requirements of American National Standards Institute Standard Z- 97.1-1966 and any further requirements as may be adopted by the department of labor. The label must be legible and visible after installation.(b) Safety glazing labeling shall not be used on other than safety glazing materials.
WV Code § 47-5-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 5. Safety Glazing Materials|§47-5-3. Safety Glazing Materials Required in Hazardous Locations

It shall be unlawful in this state to knowingly sell, fabricate, assemble, glaze, install, consent or cause to be installed glazing materials other than safety glazing materials in, or for use in, any hazardous location: Provided, however, That this shall not apply to the replacement of glazing materials in a residence constructed for occupancy of not more than two families, which residence is in existence on July 1, 1971.
WV Code § 47-5-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 5. Safety Glazing Materials|§47-5-4. Nonliability of Employees

No liability under this article is created for workmen who are employees of a contractor, subcontractor or other employer responsible for compliance with this article.
WV Code § 47-5-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 5. Safety Glazing Materials|§47-5-5. Violations; Penalties

Whoever violates any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 47-5-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 5. Safety Glazing Materials|§47-5-6. Effective Date; Prior Contracts

This article shall take effect on July 1, 1971. All contracts involving glazing materials entered into prior to the effective date of this article shall not be affected by the provisions of this article even if performance of the contract occurs after the effective date.
WV Code § 47-6-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 6. Money and Interest|§47-6-1. Money of Account

The money of account of this state shall be the dollar, cent and mill. All accounts by public officers shall be so kept.
WV Code § 47-6-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 6. Money and Interest|§47-6-2. Writing, Account or Entry Valid Although Sum Expressed in Other Money

No writing shall be invalid, nor the force of any account or entry be impaired, because a sum of money is expressed therein otherwise than in such money of account.
WV Code § 47-6-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 6. Money and Interest|§47-6-3. In Suits for Foreign or Other Money, Value in Money of Account to Be Fixed

In any suit for a sum of money expressed in any foreign currency, or otherwise than in the money of account of this state, the jury, if there be one impaneled for any other purpose, and if not, the court, shall ascertain the value in such money of account of the sum so expressed, making such allowance for the difference of exchange as shall be just; and the judgment or decree may either be for what may be so ascertained, or for the sum of money expressed as aforesaid to be discharged by the sum so ascertained.
WV Code § 47-6-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 6. Money and Interest|§47-6-4. Silver Coin as Legal Tender

The silver coin issued by the government of the United States shall be a legal tender for the payment of all debts heretofore or hereafter contracted by the citizens of this state, and the same shall be received in payment of all debts due to the citizens of this state, and in satisfaction of all taxes levied by the authority of the laws of this state.
WV Code § 47-6-5a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 6. Money and Interest|§47-6-5a. Interest Charges on Loans Repayable in Installments

Except in cases where it is otherwise specially provided by law, parties may contract for and charge interest for a secured or unsecured loan, repayable in installments at a rate not in excess of: (a) Six percent per annum upon the principal amount of the loan, for the entire period of the loan, and add such charge to the principal amount of the loan; or (b) six percent per annum upon the face amount of the instruments evidencing the obligation to repay the loan, for the entire period of the loan and deduct such charge in advance but in no case shall the interest on such a discount loan exceed an annual percentage rate of fifteen percent per annum calculated according to the actuarial method: Provided, That upon prepayment in full of a precomputed loan, the creditor shall rebate that portion of such charge in the manner set forth in section five-d of this article. Any note evidencing any such installment loan may provide that the entire unpaid balance thereof at the option of the holder shall become due and payable upon default in the payment of any stipulated installment without impairing the negotiability of such note if otherwise negotiable. Nothing herein contained shall affect or restrict the right of the parties under section five of this article to contract in writing for the payment of interest for the loan or forbearance of money at a rate not to exceed $8 upon $100 a year, and proportionately for a greater or less sum, or for a longer or shorter time, including points expressed as a percentage of the loan divided by the number of years of the loan contract.
WV Code § 47-6-5c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 6. Money and Interest|§47-6-5c. Interest on the Forebearance of Money

Wherever any law authorizes any person to loan money at a certain rate of interest it shall also be lawful for such person to charge a like rate of interest for the forebearance of money.