35 U.S.C. § 292 : US Code - Section 292: False marking

Search 35 U.S.C. § 292 : US Code - Section 292: False marking

(a) Whoever, without the consent of the patentee, marks upon, or
affixes to, or uses in advertising in connection with anything
made, used, offered for sale, or sold by such person within the
United States, or imported by the person into the United States,
the name or any imitation of the name of the patentee, the patent
number, or the words "patent," "patentee," or the like, with the
intent of counterfeiting or imitating the mark of the patentee, or
of deceiving the public and inducing them to believe that the thing
was made, offered for sale, sold, or imported into the United
States by or with the consent of the patentee; or
Whoever marks upon, or affixes to, or uses in advertising in
connection with any unpatented article, the word "patent" or any
word or number importing that the same is patented for the purpose
of deceiving the public; or
Whoever marks upon, or affixes to, or uses in advertising in
connection with any article, the words "patent applied for,"
"patent pending," or any word importing that an application for
patent has been made, when no application for patent has been made,
or if made, is not pending, for the purpose of deceiving the public
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Shall be fined not more than $500 for every such offense.
(b) Any person may sue for the penalty, in which event one-half
shall go to the person suing and the other to the use of the United
States.