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Has anyone been caught selling high imitations on Taobao?

In serious cases, you will be arrested and sentenced.

High imitations are fake goods and are prohibited from sale on Taobao. The production and sale of counterfeit goods is also a violation of laws and regulations. It can range from education and fines to imprisonment. If you are selling high imitations of famous brands, you may also be suspected of two crimes: "selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks" and "counterfeiting registered trademarks." If the sentencing standard for "particularly serious circumstances" exceeds 250,000 yuan, you should be punished in The offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined. Under normal circumstances, if the amount of illegal business is huge, the sentence will be close to the upper limit of seven years. In this case, if the two crimes are punished together, the sentence should be more than seven years and a fine.

Selling counterfeit goods on Taobao, according to Rule 50 of Taobao regulations, Taobao will give different handling methods for corresponding violations according to different violations, as follows:

1. Merchants If a merchant sells counterfeit or pirated items and the circumstances are particularly serious, 48 ??points will be deducted each time;

2. If a merchant sells counterfeit or pirated items and the circumstances are serious, 24 points will be deducted each time;

3. If a merchant sells counterfeit or pirated items and it is judged through information, 2 points will be deducted for each item (no more than 12 points within 3 days); if the item is actually sold, 12 points will be deducted for each item. If there are special circumstances, it will only be deleted without deducting points. Any request to facilitate the sale of counterfeit or pirated items will be deducted 2 points each time. If the circumstances are serious, 12 points will be deducted each time.

Taobao implements a "three strikes and you're out" system for the sale of counterfeit and pirated items, that is, every time a merchant sells counterfeit or pirated items, it is recorded once. If the same merchant sells counterfeit or pirated items a total of three times, , the account will be permanently blocked.

If counterfeit items are sold, Taobao will delete counterfeit or pirated items or information posted by members. At the same time, depending on the severity of the case, Taobao will take measures such as enforcing Alipay accounts, sealing accounts, closing stores, supervising stores, closing orders, restricting shipments, restricting the release of items, restricting website login, restricting the use of Alibaba Wangwang, restricting the sending of in-site messages, and extending transactions. time out.

Taobao store blocking and store-wide item search reduction, whole-store or single item supervision, item release qualification control, restrictions on the release of items with specific attributes, restrictions on the number of items released, restrictions on the number of release categories, restrictions on the release of specific categories Items, restrictions on the use of specific functions released by items, restrictions on the use of specific management tools, restrictions on unfreezing deposits, payment of liquidated damages, etc.

Legal Basis

"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 214: The crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, knowingly selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks Those who counterfeit registered trademarks and whose illegal gains amount to a large amount or there are other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and concurrently or solely with a fine; if the illegal gains amount to a huge amount or there are other particularly serious circumstances, they shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and a fine; The following shall be punishable by fixed-term imprisonment and a fine.

Article 215: The crime of illegally manufacturing and selling illegally manufactured registered trademarks and signs. Counterfeiting and unauthorized production of registered trademarks and signs of others, or selling forged and unauthorized registered trademarks and signs. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be punished with a three-year fine. A person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years in addition to or solely a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.