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Is it illegal to sell fake wine?
Illegal. Will it? Ordered to stop the illegal act, confiscate the illegal income, and may impose a fine of not less than one time but not more than three times the illegal income according to the circumstances; If the circumstances are serious, the business license may be revoked; If selling fake and inferior commodities constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Anti-unfair Competition Law

Article 5?

Operators shall not engage in market transactions by any of the following improper means, thus harming competitors:

(a) counterfeiting the registered trademark of others;

(2) Using the unique name, packaging and decoration of a well-known commodity without authorization, or using the name, packaging and decoration similar to that of a well-known commodity, resulting in confusion with other people's well-known commodities, so that the buyer mistakenly thinks it is the well-known commodity;

(three) unauthorized use of another person's enterprise name or font size, so that people mistakenly believe that it is another person's goods;

(4) Forging or fraudulently using quality marks such as certification marks and brand-name marks on commodities, forging the place of origin, and making misleading false representations about the quality of commodities.

Article 20?

If a business operator violates the provisions of this law and causes damage to the infringed business operator, he shall be liable for damages. If it is difficult to calculate the loss of the infringed operator, the amount of compensation shall be the profit 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.

If the legitimate rights and interests of the infringed business operators are harmed by unfair competition, they may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.

Article 21?

Operators who pass off others' registered trademarks, use others' enterprise names without authorization, forge or fraudulently use quality marks such as certification marks and natural excellent marks, forge the place of origin, and make misleading false representations about the quality of goods shall be punished in accordance with the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Product Quality Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Where an operator uses the unique name, packaging and decoration of a well-known commodity without authorization, or uses a name, packaging and decoration similar to that of a well-known commodity, causing confusion with other people's well-known commodities, so that the buyer mistakenly thinks that it is the well-known commodity, the supervision and inspection department shall order it to stop the illegal act, confiscate the illegal income, and may impose a fine of more than one time but less than three times the illegal income according to the circumstances; If the circumstances are serious, the business license may be revoked; If selling fake and inferior commodities constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.