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Criminal liability for trademark infringement and forgery or alteration of the "Trademark Registration Certificate"

According to my country’s Criminal Law, Trademark Law, Trademark Law Implementation Regulations and Interpretations of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement” It stipulates that trademark infringers shall bear the following criminal responsibilities: 1. The crime of counterfeiting a registered trademark is to use the same trademark as the registered trademark on the same product without the permission of the registered trademark owner. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. , and shall be sentenced to a fine or solely; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined. Among them, any one of the following circumstances is considered a "serious case": (1) The illegal business amount is more than 50,000 yuan or the illegal income amount is more than 30,000 yuan; (2) Counterfeiting two or more registered trademarks, the illegal business amount is more than 30,000 yuan; The amount of illegal income exceeds 30,000 yuan or the amount of illegal income exceeds 20,000 yuan; (3) Other serious circumstances. Any of the following circumstances is considered "particularly serious": (1) The illegal business amount is more than 250,000 yuan or the illegal income amount is more than 150,000 yuan; (2) Counterfeiting two or more registered trademarks, illegally The business amount is more than 150,000 yuan or the amount of illegal income is more than 100,000 yuan; (3) Other particularly serious circumstances. 2. The crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks. Anyone who knowingly sells goods with counterfeit registered trademarks and the sales amount is relatively large shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined; if the sales amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to three years in prison. More than seven years and not more than seven years in prison, and shall also be fined. Among them, if the sales amount is more than 50,000 yuan, it is classified as "large amount"; if the sales amount is more than 250,000 yuan, it is classified as "huge amount". 3. The crime of illegally manufacturing and selling illegally manufactured registered trademarks is the crime of counterfeiting or manufacturing registered trademarks of others without authorization or selling forged or unauthorized registered trademarks. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also be sentenced to or A fine alone is imposed; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined. Among them, if one of the following circumstances occurs, it is considered a "serious circumstance": (1) The number of counterfeited or unauthorized registered trademarks or signs for sale exceeds 20,000, or the illegal business amount exceeds 50,000 yuan, or The amount of illegal income is more than 30,000 yuan; (2) The amount of counterfeiting, unauthorized manufacturing or selling of two or more registered trademarks and logos is more than 10,000, or the amount of illegal business is more than 30,000 yuan, or the amount of illegal income More than 20,000 yuan; (3) Other serious circumstances. Anyone who has one of the following circumstances is considered a "particularly serious case": (1) The number of counterfeited or unauthorized registered trademarks or logos sold exceeds 100,000, or the illegal business amount exceeds 250,000 yuan; or the amount of illegal income is more than 150,000 yuan; (2) the number of counterfeiting, unauthorized manufacturing or selling of two or more registered trademarks and logos is more than 50,000, or the illegal business amount is more than 150,000 yuan, or The amount of illegal income exceeds 100,000 yuan; (3) Other particularly serious circumstances. If a unit commits the above three crimes, the unit shall be fined, and the person directly in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the corresponding regulations. In addition, whoever forges or alters the "Trademark Registration Certificate" is guilty of the crime of forging or altering state agency documents stipulated in the Criminal Law, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to not less than three years. Fixed-term imprisonment of not more than ten years.