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What are the administrative penalties for malicious trademark registration?

According to the provisions of Article 12 of the "Several Provisions on Regulating Trademark Applications for Registration", applicants who apply for trademark registration in bad faith in violation of Article 3 of these Provisions shall be punished by Article 68 of the Trademark Law in accordance with the provisions of Article 68 of the Trademark Law. The market supervision and administration department at or above the county level where the applicant is located or where the illegal act occurs shall impose administrative penalties such as warnings and fines based on the circumstances. If there are illegal gains, a fine of three times the illegal gains may be imposed and a maximum of not more than 30,000 yuan may be imposed; if there are no illegal gains, a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan may be imposed.

According to Article 13 of the "Several Provisions on Regulating Trademark Applications for Registration", any trademark agency that violates Article 4 of these Regulations and accepts a commission to apply for trademark registration in bad faith shall, in accordance with Article 68 of the Trademark Law, According to the provisions of the regulations, the market supervision and administration department at or above the county level where the perpetrator is located or where the illegal act occurs shall order him to make corrections within a time limit, give a warning, and impose a fine of not less than RMB 10,000 but not more than RMB 100,000; the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be fined Warning and a fine of not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability will be pursued in accordance with the law. If the circumstances are serious, the intellectual property management department may decide to stop accepting the trademark agency's trademark agency business and make an announcement.