One thing I hate about trademark legislation it that it prevents knowingly selling "counterfeit" trademarked goods. If a consumer wants to knowingly buy a "coun

One thing I hate about trademark legislation it that it prevents knowingly selling "counterfeit" trademarked goods. If a consumer wants to knowingly buy a "counterfeit" item, then that should clearly be legal. Besides, the sale of misrepresented goods is already illegal because of other laws, so there's not much need for trademark laws. Of course, trademark laws increase profit for many companies, which is the reason they've been created in the first place. However, the point of intellectual property should be to benefit society, not companies.