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Is infringement of intellectual property a criminal offence?
Legal analysis: Infringement of intellectual property rights is a crime, but whether it constitutes a criminal offence depends on the specific amount. If it reaches the amount stipulated in the criminal law, it constitutes a criminal offence and should be subject to criminal sanctions. According to the provisions of the Criminal Law, acts such as counterfeiting registered trademarks, selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, illegally manufacturing and selling illegally manufactured registered trademark logos, and infringing copyright, if the circumstances are serious and the amount is large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years. If the circumstances are serious, the standard is that the business amount is more than 654.38+10,000 yuan.

Legal basis: Article 213 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) uses the same trademark as its registered trademark on the same commodity without the permission of the registered trademark owner. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Article 214 Whoever sells goods that are knowingly counterfeit registered trademarks, and the sales amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the sales amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.