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How much similarity is infringement?
If the similarity exceeds 80%, it is infringement. The similarity of trademarks mainly depends on whether it is easy to confuse the relevant public. If the similarity of trademarks is enough to confuse the relevant public, it is an infringement. If the main designs such as shapes, patterns and colors are different, they shall be deemed as the same design. If the main design parts of elements are the same or similar, and the secondary parts are different, they should be considered as similar designs. If the main design parts of them are different or similar, they should be considered as different or similar designs. If packaging infringement will involve civil liability for intellectual property infringement, it may also involve criminal liability. The amount of civil compensation for packaging infringement depends on the losses suffered by the infringed operator, which is difficult to calculate, and the amount of compensation is the profits obtained by the infringer during the infringement period. And bear the reasonable expenses paid by the infringed business operator for investigating the unfair competition behavior of the business operator that infringes on its legitimate rights and interests.

Article 57 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits any of the following acts, which are all violations 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 kind of goods, or using a trademark identical with or similar to its registered trademark on similar goods is likely to cause 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; (five) without the consent of the trademark registrant, the registered trademark is changed and the goods with the changed trademark are put on the market again; (6) Deliberately facilitating 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; (seven) causing other damage to the exclusive right to use a registered trademark of others.

How to deal with trademark infringement

Disputes arising from trademark infringement shall be settled by the parties through consultation. If the parties are unwilling to negotiate or fail to reach an agreement on a trademark infringement dispute, the trademark registrant or interested party may bring a lawsuit to the people's court or request the administrative department for industry and commerce to handle it. If a party refuses to accept the decision made by the administrative department for industry and commerce, it may bring a lawsuit to the people's court in accordance with the administrative procedure law. If the infringer fails to bring a suit and perform it within the time limit, the administrative department for industry and commerce may apply to the people's court for compulsory execution.