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How to judge cases involving trademark infringement disputes

In general cases of trademark infringement disputes, the court will make the following judgments: order the infringer to immediately stop the infringement; eliminate the impact and restore the reputation of the infringed party; compensate the infringed party for losses; in addition, the People's Court Measures such as admonishment, ordering a statement of repentance, confiscation of illegal gains, fines or detention may also be taken.

Legal basis: 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 based on the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement; actual losses are difficult to If it is determined, it can be determined based on the benefits obtained by the infringer due to the infringement; if it is difficult to determine the loss of the right holder or the benefits obtained by the infringer, it can be determined reasonably by referring to the multiple of the trademark license fee. For malicious infringement of trademark exclusive rights and the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation may be determined to be not less than one time but not more than five times the amount determined according to the above method. The amount of compensation should include the reasonable expenses paid by the right owner to stop the infringement.

In order to determine the amount of compensation, the people's court may order the infringer to provide account books related to the infringement when the right holder has tried his best to provide evidence and the account books and materials related to the infringement are mainly in the possession of the infringer. , information; if the infringer fails to provide or provides false account books and information, the people's court may determine the amount of compensation with reference to the rights holder's claims and the evidence provided.

If it is difficult to determine the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement, the benefits gained by the infringer due to the infringement, and the registered trademark license fee, the People's Court shall award RMB 5 million based on the circumstances of the infringement. the following compensation.

When hearing trademark dispute cases, the People's Court shall, at the request of the right holder, order the destruction of goods belonging to counterfeit registered trademarks, except in special circumstances; materials and tools mainly used to manufacture goods with counterfeit registered trademarks shall be ordered to be destroyed. Ordered to destroy without compensation; or under special circumstances, ordered to prohibit the aforementioned materials and tools from entering commercial channels without compensation.

Goods with counterfeit registered trademarks shall not enter commercial channels after only removing the counterfeit registered trademarks.