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Compensation standard of company name infringement liability
The infringement of enterprise name means that the general civil rights are compensated according to the actual losses, and the compensation for infringement of others' trademark rights is as follows: it is determined according to the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement; If the actual loss is difficult to determine, it can be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement; If it is difficult to determine the loss of the obligee or the benefit of the infringer, it shall be reasonably determined by referring to the multiple of the trademark license fee. Punitive damages can be demanded for malicious infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark.

How to punish the infringement of company name:

If the infringement of company name constitutes unfair competition, the compensation amount of the operator who suffers from unfair competition shall be determined according to the actual loss suffered by the infringer, and if it is difficult to calculate the actual loss, it shall be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement. If the business operator maliciously commits an act of infringing on business secrets, and the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation may be determined at more than one time and less than five times the amount determined according to the above method. The amount of compensation shall also include the reasonable expenses paid by the operator to stop the infringement. If the operator violates the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, and the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement and the interests gained by the infringer due to infringement are difficult to determine, the people's court shall award the obligee compensation of less than 5 million yuan according to the circumstances of the infringement.

if confusion is caused by the infringement of the company name, the supervision and inspection department shall order it to stop the illegal act and confiscate the illegal goods. If the illegal business amount is more than 5, yuan, a fine of less than five times the illegal business amount may be imposed; if there is no illegal business amount or the illegal business amount is less than 5, yuan, a fine of less than 25, yuan may be imposed. If the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked.

if the business name registered by the business operator infringes, it shall change its name in time. Before the name is changed, the original enterprise registration authority will replace its name with a unified social credit code.

To sum up, order the infringer to stop the infringement; Compensation for the losses suffered by the infringed party due to the infringement; Confiscation of illegal income; Impose a fine of more than 5 yuan and less than 5 thousand yuan. Where the exclusive right to use a company name is infringed, the infringed may request the registration authority where the infringer is located to handle it, or directly bring a suit in a people's court.

Legal basis:

Article 184 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China

infringes upon another person's property, the property loss shall be calculated according to the market price at the time of loss or other reasonable methods.

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if the circumstances are serious, the infringed party has the right to demand corresponding punitive damages.

Article 63 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

The amount of compensation for infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement; If the actual loss is difficult to determine, it can be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement; If it is difficult to determine the loss of the obligee or the benefit of the infringer, it shall be reasonably determined by referring to the multiple of the trademark license fee. For malicious infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark, if the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation may be determined at least one time but not more than five times the amount determined according to the above method. The amount of compensation shall include the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee to stop the infringement.