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9 V.S.A. § 2529
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2529. Enjoining use of counterfeits or imitations

§ 2529. Enjoining use of counterfeits or imitations|A person who has adopted and registered a trademark as aforesaid, may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display, or sale of any counterfeits or imitations thereof, and the Superior Court 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 person all profits derived from 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.
9 V.S.A. § 2530
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2530. Violations

§ 2530. Violations|Subject to the provisions of section 2532 of this title, no person shall knowingly and willfully:  (1) falsely make, counterfeit, imitate, sell, offer for sale, or in any way utter or circulate any trademark that has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter; (2) affix to any article of merchandise a false or counterfeit or imitation trademark, or the genuine trademark of another that has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, without the latter's consent; (3) sell, keep, or offer for sale an article of merchandise, to which is affixed a false or counterfeit trademark, or the genuine trademark, or an imitation of the trademark of another that has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, without the latter's consent; (4) have in his or her possession a counterfeit trademark or a die, plate, brand, or other thing for the purpose of falsely making or counterfeiting a trademark that has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter; or (5) make or sell, or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell or dispose of, an article of merchandise with a trademark that has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter by another, which indicates falsely the quantity, character, place of manufacture or production, or person manufacturing, producing, or sponsoring the article.
9 V.S.A. § 2531
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2531. Penalties

§ 2531. Penalties|Subject to the provisions of section 2532 of this title, any person who violates any of the provisions of section 2530 of this title shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, and shall be liable to pay all damages sustained in consequence of such violation of section 2530, to be recovered by or on behalf of the party injured thereby, in a civil action on this statute.
9 V.S.A. § 2532
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2532. Prior rights

§ 2532. Prior rights|Nothing in this subchapter shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks acquired in good faith at any time at common law. (Amended 2021, No. 20, § 26.)
9 V.S.A. § 2571
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2571. Publication and registration of name or mark of owner

§ 2571. Publication and registration of name or mark of owner|A person or corporation engaged in buying, selling, or dealing in milk, cream, or nonintoxicating beverages in receptacles, or a licensed buyer, dealer in, or vendor of, intoxicating beverages, whose name, mark, or other device is produced in a permanent manner in or upon such receptacle, may file in the office of the clerk of the town in which his, her, or its principal place of business is situated, a description of the name, mark, or other device so used, and cause such description to be published in such town four weeks successively in a newspaper published therein. If a newspaper is not published therein, such publication shall be in a newspaper published in the county in which such town is situated.
9 V.S.A. § 2572
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 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 or her business, conceals, or disposes of a receptacle belonging to a person or corporation that 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 or her 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.)
9 V.S.A. § 2573
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2573. Mutilating receptacle or erasing name; penalty

§ 2573. Mutilating receptacle or erasing name; penalty|A person who willfully destroys, mutilates, or defaces a receptacle bearing the name or other device of an owner who has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title, or willfully erases, mars, covers, or changes a name or other device produced in a permanent manner in or upon such receptacle, shall be imprisoned not more than 60 days or fined not more than $5.00, or both, for each receptacle so destroyed, mutilated, or defaced, or upon which a name or other device has been erased, marred, covered, or changed. For each subsequent offense, he or she shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $10.00, or both, for each receptacle so destroyed, mutilated, or defaced or upon which a name or other device has been erased, marred, covered, or changed. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
9 V.S.A. § 2574
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2574. Destroying or polluting butter crates or carriers; penalty

§ 2574. Destroying or polluting butter crates or carriers; penalty|A person who puts any unclean or foul matter into a receptacle, the owner of which has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title, or who mutilates, destroys, or pollutes a butter crate or carrier, shall be fined not more than $5.00 or less than $0.50 for each receptacle so defiled, mutilated, or destroyed, and, for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not more than $20.00 nor less than $2.00 for each receptacle so defiled, mutilated, or destroyed.
9 V.S.A. § 2575
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 71 - Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark|§ 2575. Search warrant; judicial proceedings

§ 2575. Search warrant; judicial proceedings|If a person or corporation that has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title, or the agent of such person or corporation, makes oath before a judge of a Criminal Division of the Superior Court that he or she has reason to believe and does believe that a person has unlawfully in his or her possession or is secreting a receptacle marked as provided in section 2571 of this title, the judge, if satisfied that there is a reasonable cause for the belief, shall issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the same, and may cause to be brought before him or her a person in whose possession such receptacle is found, and shall inquire into the circumstances of the possession. If the judge finds that the person is guilty of a willful violation of a provision of sections 2572-2574 of this title, he or she shall impose the penalty prescribed therein, and award to the owner the possession of the property taken upon the search warrant. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10; 2009, No. 154, § 238.)
9 V.S.A. § 2601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 72 - Mobile Homes|§ 2601. Definitions

§ 2601. Definitions|(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, "mobile home" means:  (1) A mobile home as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6201. (2) An unmotorized vehicle, other than a travel or recreational trailer, designed to be towed and designed or equipped for use as sleeping, eating, or living quarters.   (b) A mobile home remains a mobile home for purposes of this chapter even though it may be used for advertising, sales, display, or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purposes except the transportation of property.(c) A mobile home that was financed as residential real estate shall be defined as residential real estate.(d) "Permanently sited" means the mobile home has become affixed to the land. Factors that tend to show a mobile home is permanently sited include:  (1) The mobile home has been set up on blocks or otherwise stabilized so that the wheels do not form a major part of the structural support. (2) The mobile home has been connected to utilities such as electricity, sewage, water, gas, or oil. (3) Skirting has been installed around the base of the mobile home. (4) The wheels or axles have been removed. (5) The mobile home has been situated in a place that makes removal unlikely. (Added 1971, No. 103; amended 1983, No. 237 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1989, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 38.)
9 V.S.A. § 2603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 72 - Mobile Homes|§ 2603. Financing of mobile homes; creditors' remedies; retail installment contract disclosure

§ 2603. Financing of mobile homes; creditors' remedies; retail installment contract disclosure|(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a mobile home may be financed under chapter 59 of this title, or under subdivision 41a(b)(4) of this title.(b) A mobile home that is or is intended to be permanently sited for continuous residential occupancy by the owner on land that is:  (1) Owned by the owner of the mobile home shall be financed as residential real estate. (2) Leased by the owner of the mobile home may be financed as residential real estate.   (c) The holder of a retail installment contract, promissory note, or other evidence of indebtedness, secured by collateral consisting of a mobile home, shall not have the prejudgment remedies provided in 9A V.S.A. § 9- 609, 12 V.S.A. § 5331, V.R.C.P. 64 or V.R.C.P. 4.1, except where V.R.C.P. 64(b)(3) or V.R.C.P. 4.1(b)(3) applies, with respect to the mobile home. The holder of the retail installment contract may proceed in Superior Court by action to take possession of the mobile home under 9A V.S.A. § 9- 609. An action to take possession of a mobile home shall be heard by the Superior Court within 90 days of filing of the action.(d) A mobile home that is permanently sited in a manner intended for continuous residential occupancy by the owner, on land owned or leased by its owner, shall be considered a homestead under 27 V.S.A. chapter 3.(e) At the time a motor vehicle retail installment sales contract for purchase of a mobile home is taken, a retail seller shall provide to the potential buyer written disclosure in a form approved by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation. The disclosure shall clearly state that other financing options may be available for the purchase of the mobile home, including financing offered by the Vermont Housing Finance Agency, lenders licensed pursuant to 8 V.S.A. chapter 73, a financial institution as described in 8 V.S.A. § 11101(32), or a credit union. Any person who fails to comply with this subsection may be fined by the Commissioner no more than $1,000.00 for each occurrence. (Added 1971, No. 103; amended 1975, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 1, 1976; 1979, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. April 30, 1980; 2003, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 39.)
9 V.S.A. § 2605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 72 - Mobile Homes|§ 2605. Mobile home bill of sale conversion process

§ 2605. Mobile home bill of sale conversion process|The owner of any mobile home that was initially financed pursuant to a motor vehicle loan, motor vehicle retail installment contract, or another form of chattel mortgage shall, if the mobile home is subsequently financed as residential real estate pursuant to subsection 2603(b) of this title, file a request for purging of the security interest with the clerk of the municipality where the chattel mortgage for the mobile home was last recorded.  (1) A request to purge the security interest of a mobile home shall include the most recent Vermont uniform bill of sale or certificate of origin, the terminated UCC financing statement or statements, and an executed warranty or quitclaim deed, which shall be drafted substantially in the form provided in section 2604 of this title. (2) Upon the filing of a request to purge the security interest of a mobile home with the clerk of the municipality where the chattel mortgage for the mobile home was last recorded, and upon the owner's procuring the consent of the holders of any security interest in the mobile home shown to be unreleased, the mobile home shall become residential real estate. (3) Upon receiving a request to purge the security interest of a mobile home, the municipal clerk shall mark or stamp the originally filed Vermont uniform bill of sale or certificate of origin with the word "converted." (4) A mobile home that has been converted to residential real estate shall not be converted or redefined as personal property. (Added 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 41.)
9 V.S.A. § 2607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 72 - Mobile Homes|§ 2607. Penalty

§ 2607. Penalty|A person who violates a provision of this chapter:  (1) except for violations of subsection 2603(e) of this title, shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 for each occurrence; and (2) shall be subject to all the remedies and penalties available to a consumer and the Attorney General under chapter 63 of this title. (Added 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 43.)
9 V.S.A. § 2631
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2631. Regulation of weights and measures

§ 2631. Regulation of weights and measures|All weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices used in this State shall be regulated by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets in accordance with this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 6, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2632
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2632. General powers and duties of Secretary

§ 2632. General powers and duties of Secretary|(a) The Secretary shall have the custody of the State standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this chapter, and shall keep accurate records of them. The Secretary shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Secretary shall have and keep general supervision over the weights and measures offered for sale, sold, or in use in the State. Notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 603, the Secretary shall set and charge such fees as in his or her opinion will cover costs for performing calibrations in laboratories of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets and for use of the heavy duty test unit when assisting licensed service persons in repairing, adjusting, and installing scales.(b) Fees and reimbursements of costs collected by the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets under the provisions of this chapter and 6 V.S.A. § 3022 shall be credited to a weights and measures special fund and shall be available to the Agency to offset the costs of implementing this chapter and 6 V.S.A. chapter 172. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 7, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1971, No. 69, § 1, eff. April 15, 1971; 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1999, No. 49, § 127; 2013, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. July 1, 2015; 2015, No. 57, § 27.)
9 V.S.A. § 2633
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2633. Specific powers and duties of Secretary; regulations

§ 2633. Specific powers and duties of Secretary; regulations|(a) The Secretary shall issue from time to time reasonable regulations for the enforcement of this chapter, which regulations shall have the force and effect of law. These regulations may include (1) standards of net weight, measure, or count, and reasonable standards of fill, for any commodity in package form, (2) rules governing the technical and reporting procedures to be followed and the report and record forms and marks of approval and rejection to be used by inspectors of weights and measures in the discharge of their official duties, (3) exemptions from the sealing or marking requirements of section 2639 of this title with respect to weights and measures of such character or size that such sealing or marking would be inappropriate, impracticable, or damaging to the apparatus in question. These regulations shall include specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for weights and measures of the character of those specified in section 2635 of this title, designed to eliminate from use, without prejudice to apparatus that conforms as closely as practicable to the official standards, those (1) that are not accurate, (2) that are of such construction that they are faulty\-that is, that are not reasonably permanent in their adjustment or will not repeat their indications correctly\-or (3) that facilitate the perpetration of fraud.(b) The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for commercial, law enforcement, data gathering, and other weighing and measuring devices, as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, "Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices," and supplements thereto, or revisions thereof, shall apply to weighing and measuring devices in the State, except insofar as modified or rejected by regulation.(c) The uniform regulation for packaging and labeling, the uniform regulation for unit pricing, and the uniform regulation for the method of sale of commodities, except for bread, as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130, "Uniform Laws and Regulations," together with amendments, supplements, and revisions thereto, are adopted as part of this chapter except as modified or rejected by regulation. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 8, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1973, No. 22, § 1; 1977, No. 37; 1991, No. 80, § 1; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1993, No. 74, § 6; 2015, No. 39, § 19.)
9 V.S.A. § 2634
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2634. Testing at State-supported institutions

§ 2634. Testing at State-supported institutions|The Secretary shall test all weights and measures used in checking the receipt or disbursement of supplies in every institution for the maintenance of which monies are appropriated by the Legislature. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 9, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2635
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2635. General testing

§ 2635. General testing|(a) When not otherwise provided by law, the Secretary may inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures kept, offered, or exposed for sale. The Secretary shall, within a 12-month period, or more or less frequently as deemed necessary, inspect and test, to ascertain if they are correct, all weights and measures commercially used (1) in determining the weight, measurement, or count of commodities or things sold, or offered or exposed for sale, on the basis of weight, measure, or count, or (2) in computing the basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or count. However, with respect to single-service devices- that is, devices designed to be used commercially only once and to be then discarded- and with respect to devices uniformly mass-produced, as by means of a mold or die, and not susceptible of individual adjustment, tests may be made on representative samples of those devices; and the lots of which those samples are representative shall be held to be correct or incorrect upon the basis of the results of the inspections and tests on those samples.(b) Upon request by the Secretary, the owner or person responsible for a weighing or measuring device subject to the requirements of this chapter shall make the device available for inspection during that business's normal operating hours and shall provide reasonable assistance as determined by the Secretary to complete the inspection. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 10, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 80, § 5; 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2019, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
9 V.S.A. § 2636
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2636. Investigations

§ 2636. Investigations|The Secretary shall investigate complaints made to him or her concerning violations of this chapter, and shall, upon his or her own initiative, conduct such investigations as he or she deems appropriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of this chapter and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 11, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
9 V.S.A. § 2637
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 73 - Weights and Measures|§ 2637. Inspection of packages

§ 2637. Inspection of packages|The Secretary shall, from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are kept, offered, or exposed for sale, or sold, in accordance with law; and when those packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are found to be kept, offered, or exposed for sale in violation of law, the Secretary may order them off sale and may so mark or tag them as to show them to be illegal. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of the lot. No person may (1) sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale, in intrastate commerce any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section unless the package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all legal requirements, or (2) dispose of any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered off sale or marked or tagged as provided in this section and that has not been brought into compliance with legal requirements, in any manner except with the specific approval of the Secretary. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 12, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)