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What should you do if you encounter trademark squatting fraud?

1. What should you do if you encounter trademark squatting fraud? If you encounter a call from such a scammer, first of all, don’t panic. The best way is to record the scammer's phone call, preferably record it, write down the phone number and contact person, and report it directly to the local industrial and commercial bureau. If it is a fraud, you can call 110 to call the police, or report it to the public security agency where the company is located. 1. If the registered trademark is in the preliminary announcement period, you can file an objection with the Trademark Office. 2. If the registered trademark has been approved for registration, you can apply to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board for cancellation within five years after the trademark is registered; if the registered trademark is a well-known trademark, there is no time limit for filing a cancellation application. 3. If the preemptively registered trademark has not been used for a long time after registration, a cancellation application can be filed with the Trademark Office on the grounds of "stopping use for three consecutive years." 2. What are the standards for filing a crime of fraud? 1. Fraudulent public or private property worth 3,000 yuan to more than 10,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan to more than 100,000 yuan, or more than 500,000 yuan shall be deemed as Article 26 of the Criminal Law respectively. Article 16 stipulates "relatively large amount", "huge amount" and "especially huge amount". 2. Anyone who has any of the following circumstances may be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 266 of the Criminal Law: (1) By sending text messages, making phone calls, or using the Internet, radio and television, newspapers and magazines, etc. to publish false information, An unspecified majority of people commit fraud (2) Defraud disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood prevention, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration, relief, and medical money and materials (3) Defraud in the name of raising funds for disaster relief (4) Defraud the disabled, the elderly or those who have lost The property of a person capable of working (5) causes the victim to commit suicide, suffer mental disorder or have other serious consequences. 3. What are the circumstances for lighter punishment for fraud crimes? Although the fraud of public or private property has reached the "relatively large amount" standard stipulated in Article 1 of this Interpretation, if one of the following circumstances occurs and the perpetrator pleads guilty and regrets, he may be punished based on Article 37 of the Criminal Law and Article 142 of the Criminal Procedure Law provide for non-prosecution or exemption from criminal punishment: 1. Those who have statutory lenient punishment circumstances; 2. All stolen goods and compensation were returned before the judgment of the first instance; 3. None Participating in the division of stolen goods or receiving relatively small amounts of stolen goods and not being the principal culprit 4. The victim’s forgiveness 5. Other circumstances are minor and the harm is not great. To sum up, some small businesses do not have strong legal awareness, which leads to criminals taking advantage of the situation and committing fraudulent activities by registering trademarks. If it is a general infringement, the injured company can report it to the Industry and Commerce Bureau and request that the other party's trademark registration be revoked. If the amount of money defrauded is relatively large, you should report the case to the public security organ. If the amount of trademark fraud is not large, it is recommended to contact the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to handle it.