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Will you go to jail if you are sued for trademark infringement?
whether a trademark infringement lawsuit will lead to imprisonment is as follows:

1. If the perpetrator commits trademark infringement, which constitutes a crime, he will be sentenced and punished by the people's court:

2. If the circumstances are serious, he will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and will also be fined;

3. 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 ten years, and shall also be fined.

What are the legal responsibilities for trademark infringement?

The legal responsibilities for trademark infringement are as follows:

1. Civil responsibilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, apologizing and compensating for losses;

2. Administrative responsibilities such as confiscation and destruction of major infringing tools and administrative fines;

3. If it constitutes a crime, it shall bear criminal penalties such as fixed-term imprisonment and fines.

Legal basis: Article 57 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

Any of the following acts is an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:

(1) Using a trademark identical to its registered trademark on the same commodity without the permission of the trademark registrant;

(2) without the permission of the trademark registrant, using a trademark similar to its registered trademark on the same commodity, or using a trademark identical to or similar to its registered trademark on similar commodities may easily lead to confusion;

(3) selling goods that infringe upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark;

(4) Forging or unauthorized manufacturing of registered trademark marks of others or selling forged or unauthorized registered trademark marks;

(5) changing its registered trademark without the consent of the trademark registrant and putting the goods with the changed trademark on the market again;

(6) intentionally providing convenient conditions for the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark of others and helping others to commit the infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark;

(7) causing other damage to the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others.