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Manufacturers provide products with infringing trademarks. Merchants purchase them without knowledge and are seized and fined. What should dealers do?

After accepting the administrative penalty, the dealer can claim compensation (economic losses) from the manufacturer. The revised Trademark Law, which came into force on December 1, 2001, has increased the liability of operators. The distribution of infringing goods will be regarded as infringement regardless of whether they "knowingly" or "should have known". This requires operators to ask for relevant documents such as trademark registration certificates when purchasing goods, and the supplier's responsibilities must also be noted in the purchase and sales contract.