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Is it illegal to sell Putian shoes?

Selling Putian shoes is suspected of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, which is illegal. The perpetrators need to be held criminally responsible in accordance with the law.

Penalty for fake shoes:

Putian shoes are usually used to refer to high imitation shoes. After industry insiders in Putian discovered that they could make huge profits by producing fake shoes, they began to mass-produce fake shoes and sell lower-quality shoes under the guise of famous brands. Putian shoes have therefore become synonymous with fake shoes. If the amount of illegal income obtained from selling counterfeit shoes is relatively large, the criminal may be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, and may also be fined or solely fined.

Punishment duration:

Whoever passes off a fake as genuine, and the sales amount is more than 50,000 yuan, shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 2 years; if the sales amount is more than 200,000 yuan but less than 50,000 yuan, he shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 2 years but not more than 7 years. ; If it is more than 50W but less than 200W, the penalty will be more than 7 years; if it is more than 200W, it will be 15 years or indefinitely.

Illegal sales:

1. Selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, and the sales amount is relatively large.

2. The act of selling or transferring goods with counterfeit registered trademarks in any paid manner is "sales".

Illegal income:

Refers to the same product using the same trademark as its registered trademark without the permission of the registered trademark owner. As for whether the quality of this kind of goods is different from the quality of goods with genuine registered trademarks, it doesn't matter. "Sales amount" refers to all illegal income earned and due from the sale of goods with counterfeit registered trademarks.

The objective determination conditions for the crime of producing and selling counterfeit and inferior products:

1. Adulteration and adulteration. This refers to the perpetrator's adulteration of impurities or counterfeit items during the production and sale of products.

2. Pretending to be false. This refers to the behavior of actors passing off counterfeit products as genuine products, which manifests as forging or using product quality certification certificates and certification marks to produce or sell such products.

3. Shoddy goods. This refers to the act of passing off defective and inferior products as genuine and high-quality products.

4. Substandard products are passed off as qualified products. This refers to the act of passing off products that do not meet product quality standards (including national standards, industry standards, and local standards) as products that meet product quality standards.

So, to sum up, if selling Putian shoes touches the bottom line of the law, it is a crime and will be punished by law.

Legal basis:

Article 214 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. Whoever sells goods that are knowingly counterfeiting registered trademarks and the sales amount is relatively large, The person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined; if the sales amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.