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Is it illegal to print someone else’s trademark?

Breaking the law. If you privately print someone else's registered trademark, the trademark holder will complain to the industrial and commercial administration department and be subject to administrative penalties; the other party may also file a lawsuit to demand civil compensation. Criminal liability will also be pursued depending on the seriousness of the violation. According to Article 215 of the Criminal Law, those who forge or manufacture without authorization registered trademarks of others or sell forged or unauthorized registered trademarks shall, if the circumstances are serious, be punished with a three-year fine. to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and concurrently or solely to a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and concurrently to a fine.

Legal Basis

Article 215 of the "Criminal Law"

Forgery or unauthorized manufacture of registered trademarks of others or sale of forged or unauthorized registered trademarks If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and may also be fined; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and concurrently to a fine.