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Subject to section 1532, a person may not use or apply a copy, counterfeit, or imitation of a registered mark in ways likely to cause confusion, mistake, or deception. The owner of the registered mark may bring a civil action for the remedies in section 1531.
Likelihood of injury to business reputation or of dilution of the distinctive quality of a mark registered under this chapter, or a mark valid at common law, or a trade name valid at common law, shall be a ground for injunctive relief
A registered mark owner may sue to stop counterfeits or imitations, and the court may also award profits, damages, statutory damages up to $2,000, costs, and in exceptional cases attorney's fees.
This chapter does not reduce rights or enforcement rights in marks acquired in good faith at common law.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Trade Secrets Act." [PL 1987, c. 143 (NEW).]
This section defines key terms used in the Act, including improper means, misappropriation, person, and trade secret.
A court may enjoin actual or threatened misappropriation of a trade secret, and may terminate or continue an injunction under specified conditions.
A complainant may recover damages for misappropriation, unless a prior material and prejudicial change of position makes monetary recovery inequitable.
If a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith, a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith or willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award reasonable attorneys fees to the prevailing
In actions under this Act, the court must use reasonable means to preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret.
An action for misappropriation must be filed within 4 years after discovery, or when it should have been discovered with reasonable diligence.
This section says the Act overrides conflicting Maine civil laws on trade secret misappropriation, but leaves certain remedies and duties unchanged.
The Maine Potato Commission may develop and register trademarks, and the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may delegate trademark-regulation authority to it for use of the State of Maine trademark on potato packaging.
A person may not use the trademark unless a permit or license is first secured from the Maine Potato Commission, once the trademark is established by commission rules.
The Maine Potato Commission may set prices for trademarked potatoes sold by licensed shippers or processors.
The Maine Potato Commission may buy and sell potatoes or processed potato products.
The Maine Potato Commission may make rules, issue licenses to shippers or processors, charge trademark-use fees, and cancel licenses in specified circumstances.
Certain fuel sellers may file a description of their marks with the local clerk and publish it in a newspaper for 3 weeks.
A person may not sell or keep for sale certain low-flash-point kerosene, range oil, fuel oil, or other burning oil for illuminating, heating, or cooking use, except for remanufacture or as otherwise provided.
Oils sold as sperm, summer, fall, or winter oils are treated as pure sperm oil unless adulteration is fully disclosed; selling adulterated oil under those names can trigger a $15 forfeiture per offense.
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