It is not a violation. On the Taobao platform, it is allowed to imitate other people's Taobao stores, but imitation is imitation and plagiarism is not allowed. If it is exactly the same as other stores, there may be infringement, and your Taobao store may face complaints.

1. Is it illegal to imitate other people’s stores?

It is not a violation.

On the Taobao platform, it is allowed to imitate other people's Taobao stores, but imitation is imitation and plagiarism is not allowed.

If it is exactly the same as other stores, there may be infringement, and your Taobao store may face complaints.

2. Will Taobao imitate stores be punished?

1. As long as the store's products are not plagiarized, if the product is not sold in a store without rules, or cannot be sold on Taobao, it will not be considered infringement.

2. If you attack someone else’s shop decoration, if others don’t notice it, you will not be punished if you don’t complain.

3. If others cannot prove their ownership of the decoration, they will not be punished. In fact, it can be copied by you for your own use. This decoration should not be a Taobao designer template, and the probability of being complained and punished is almost non-existent.

4. However, if infringement is involved, you will be punished. Store infringement currently includes store name infringement, store decoration infringement, etc., and also includes prominent use of other people’s registered trademarks through other channels in the store;

Protecting Taobao’s intellectual property rights is a sign of progress of the times, and it is also the protection of consumers’ legitimate rights and interests. Taobao will gradually increase its proactive investigation efforts.

5. Starting from the second time, 2 points will be deducted for each infringement, but the maximum penalty for the same type of infringement within a day is 2 points.