2.2-417 - Use of registered motto or slogan or recognizable variation thereof; penalty for violation. - Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-417. Use of registered motto or slogan or recognizable variationthereof; penalty for violation.

A. Upon registration of a motto or slogan as provided in § 2.2-416, noindividual, partnership, association or corporation shall employ such mottoor slogan or a recognizable variation thereof on any article offered for saleto the public at a price above the actual cost of production of the articlewithout the express consent of the registrant, which, if it approved of suchuse, may require payment of a reasonable fee or royalty for the use of itsmotto or slogan and, in addition, may impose restrictions upon such use.

B. No individual, partnership, association or corporation shall otherwisepublicly use a recognizable variation of a registered motto or slogan for anypurpose without the express consent of the registrant. Such consent may inany event be revoked by the registrant upon thirty days' written notice tothe licensee. All fees or royalties collected pursuant to this section shallbe paid into the general fund of the state treasury.

Public use of a registered motto or slogan or a recognizable variation of aregistered motto or slogan for any purpose without the express consent of theregistrant or the continued use of a registered motto or slogan orrecognizable variation thereof following withdrawal of consent to such use bythe registrant shall be punishable by a fine of no more than $1,000. Each dayof violation shall constitute a separate offense.

(1972, c. 403, §§ 2.1-81.2, 2.1-81.3; 2001, c. 844.)