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What legal responsibility should trademark infringement bear?
text: if the infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark does not constitute a crime, it shall bear administrative liability and civil liability. Article 43 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Trademark Law stipulates: "Where the exclusive right to use a registered trademark is infringed, the administrative department for industry and commerce may take the following measures to stop the infringement: (1) order it to stop selling immediately; (2) Collecting and destroying the infringing trademark marks; (3) Eliminating the infringing trademarks on the existing commodities; (4) collecting molds, printing plates or other tools for committing crimes directly used for trademark infringement; (5) If the first four measures are not enough to stop the infringement, or if the infringing trademark is difficult to separate from the commodity, it shall be ordered and supervised to destroy the infringing goods. If the infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark does not constitute a crime, the administrative department for industry and commerce may, according to the circumstances, impose a fine of less than 5% of the illegal business amount or less than five times of the profits obtained from the infringement. The administrative department for industry and commerce may, according to the circumstances, impose a fine of not more than 1, yuan on the persons who are directly responsible for the infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark. The administrative department for industry and commerce may, at the request of the infringed, order the infringer to compensate for the losses. If a party refuses to accept it, he may bring a suit in a people's court. " Article 118 of the General Principles of the Civil Law stipulates that if a citizen or legal person's exclusive right to use a trademark is infringed, he/she has the right to demand that the infringement be stopped, the influence be eliminated and the losses be compensated. Infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark constitutes a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility. The Supplementary Provisions on Punishing the Crime of Counterfeiting Registered Trademarks passed by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) on February 22, 1993 made the following provisions: "1. Whoever uses a trademark identical to its registered trademark on the same commodity without the permission of the registered trademark owner, and the illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and may also or may only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Whoever knowingly sells goods with counterfeit registered trademarks and the illegal income is relatively large shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and may also or only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. 2. Whoever forges or makes a registered trademark logo of another person without authorization or sells a forged or made registered trademark logo without authorization, and the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 1. 3. If an enterprise or institution commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two articles, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two articles. " trademark infringement