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What are the social impacts of trademark infringement?

Legal Subjectivity:

1. Use of a trademark that is identical or similar to a registered trademark on the same or similar goods without the permission of the trademark owner. The most frequent trademark infringements occur when a trademark that is identical or similar to the registered trademark of the owner of the registered trademark is used on the same or similar goods. Anyone who commits such behavior, whether intentionally or negligently, will cause confusion about the origin of the goods, cause infringement consequences, and damage the rights and interests of the registered trademark owner and the interests of consumers. This kind of trademark infringement can be divided into the following four situations: ① Using a trademark that is the same as someone else’s registered trademark on the same product; ② Using a trademark that is similar to someone else’s registered trademark on the same product; ③ Using a trademark that is similar to someone else’s registered trademark on similar products. A trademark that is the same as someone else’s registered trademark; ④ Using a trademark that is similar to someone else’s registered trademark on similar goods. 2. Selling goods that infringe the exclusive rights of registered trademarks. As long as there is an act of selling infringing goods, the perpetrator must bear infringement liability regardless of whether he knows that he is selling goods that infringe on the registered trademark rights of others. However, if the perpetrator sells goods that are not known to infringe on the exclusive rights of others' registered trademarks and can prove that the goods were obtained legally and can explain the supplier, he will not be liable for compensation despite the infringement. 3. Counterfeit or create without authorization registered trademarks of others or sell counterfeit or unauthorized registered trademarks. Trademarks refer to material entities with trademarks, such as trademark ribbons on clothing, trademark plates on bicycles and TVs, cosmetics, and beverage bottles. Bottle stickers etc. Article 39 of the Implementing Rules of the Trademark Law stipulates that no one may illegally print or buy or sell trademark signs. According to the "Trademark Printing Management Measures" promulgated by the Administration for Industry and Commerce, trademark logos can only be printed by enterprises or individual industrial and commercial households holding a "Trademark Printing Unit Certificate" issued by the prefectural (municipal) Administration for Industry and Commerce. When printing a registered trademark, the trademark printing client must provide supporting documents, such as a copy of the business license, trademark registration certificate, etc. Counterfeiting or unauthorized production of trademark signs registered by others refers to printing trademark signs in violation of the "Trademark Printing Management Measures" without the consent of the registered trademark owner. Selling counterfeit or unauthorized registered trademarks means using counterfeit or unauthorized trademarks as objects of sale and profit from them. If the law does not strictly prohibit forgery, unauthorized manufacture or sale of counterfeit or unauthorized manufacture of registered trademarks of others, chaotic phenomena such as abuse, misuse, counterfeiting, and buying and selling of trademarks will inevitably occur, providing conditions for the previous infringements, especially counterfeiting of others' registered trademarks, regardless of It is extremely harmful to society and to trademark owners. 4. Without the consent of the trademark registrant, the act of replacing the registered trademark and putting the goods with the replaced trademark back on the market affects the effective functioning of the trademark and deprives the trademark owner of the right to use the trademark. rights, and is thus considered an infringement of trademark rights. 5. Any of the following acts that cause other damage to the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others shall be considered trademark infringement in this category: ① Distributing goods that knowingly or should have known to infringe the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others; ② On the same or similar goods, Using words or graphics that are identical or similar to others’ registered trademarks as product names or product decorations, which are sufficient to cause recognition; ③ Intentionally providing warehousing, transportation, mailing, concealment and other convenient conditions for infringement of the exclusive rights of others’ registered trademarks . The last one is the act of providing conditions for infringing on the exclusive rights of others to register a trademark, which is an infringement activity that helps the infringer. For some types of infringement, the perpetrator can only constitute it subjectively and intentionally, and unrealistic requirements cannot be put forward for business units engaged in warehousing, transportation, mailing, etc. Legal objectivity:

Article 56 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that the exclusive right to register a trademark is limited to the trademark that has been approved for registration and the goods that have been approved for use.

Article 57 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" includes any of the following acts, which shall infringe the exclusive rights of a registered trademark: (1) Using the same product on the same product as the registered trademark without the permission of the trademark registrant (2) Using a trademark that is similar to the registered trademark on the same product without the permission of the trademark registrant, or using a trademark that is the same or similar to the registered trademark on similar products, which is likely to cause confusion; (3) Selling goods that infringe the exclusive rights of registered trademarks; (4) Forging or manufacturing registered trademarks of others without authorization or selling counterfeit or unauthorized registered trademarks; (5) Changing the registered trademark without the consent of the trademark registrant and put the goods with the changed trademark back into the market; (6) Intentionally providing facilities for infringement of other people's exclusive rights to trademarks and helping others to infringe on other people's exclusive rights to trademarks.