---
title: "Trademark Counterfeiting"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/trademark-counterfeiting-en"
field: "Criminal Law"
description: "Trademark counterfeiting: the thousand-unit threshold, five thousand lari damage and penalties. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Trademark Counterfeiting

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/trademark-counterfeiting-en

## The Criminal Framework for Trademark Counterfeiting

The unlawful use of another's trademark or service mark, appellation of origin or geographical indication is punished in Georgia by Article 196 of the Criminal Code, and the norm covers the whole cycle of marking goods — from the making of the mark to the production of marked goods and their introduction into circulation. Boundaries should be noted as well: the registration and cancellation of marks follow the regime of the national intellectual-property centre, and the automatic statutory-damages regime known from the United States system does not exist in Georgian criminal law — criminal liability here is built on quantitative thresholds.

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### What penalty for counterfeiting?

Fine or imprisonment up to two years; committed more than once — fine or three to five years.

### What is a large quantity?

More than one thousand marks made.

### Damage threshold?

Marked goods exceeding five thousand lari.

### What is punished for a false warning marking?

A fine, community service of one hundred twenty to one hundred eighty hours and/or corrective labour, or imprisonment for two to three years.