Counterfeit trademarks and counterfeit trademarks account for a large part of trademark infringement. Do they mean the same thing? In this article, Bajie Intellectual Property will tell you the difference between counterfeit trademarks and counterfeit trademarks?

1. The definitions of the two are different.

1. Counterfeiting a registered trademark means that one does not have a trademark registration application and directly uses someone else’s registered trademark;

2. Counterfeiting a registered trademark generally occurs in three situations : It means that the trademark registration application has been started, but the use has not been approved, and the trademark is marked R and started to be used; or the registered trademark is only allowed to be used on product A, but also used on product B; or the trademark has not been registered at all. , used without permission.

2. The nature of the harm between the two is different

1. Counterfeiting a registered trademark is an act of malicious infringement of other people’s registered trademarks. It not only destroys the social and economic order, but also harms people. The interests of the trademark holder have been caused immeasurable losses, which are of a serious nature.

2. Counterfeiting a registered trademark is an illegal act that deceives consumers and is also a serious disciplinary violation that despises the law, but it does not affect other people's registered trademarks. Even so, the nature is equally serious.

3. The penalties for the two are not the same

1. Counterfeiting a registered trademark. The lighter case constitutes trademark infringement, and the serious case constitutes the crime of counterfeiting a registered trademark.

2. The penalties for counterfeiting registered trademarks are different.

What is the difference between counterfeit trademarks and counterfeit trademarks? The definitions of the two are different, the nature of the harm is different, and the punishments are different. The two names may seem similar, but the difference is still very big. We need to clearly distinguish the relationship between the two.