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What is the sentencing standard for trademark infringement?
According to the provisions of the Criminal Law, forging or manufacturing others' registered trademark logos without authorization or selling forged or manufactured registered trademark logos without authorization constitutes the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are 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. To constitute the crime of counterfeiting a registered trademark, the following conditions shall be met: 1. Using another person's registered trademark without the permission of the registered trademark owner. 2. The actor objectively wants to use the same trademark as the registered trademark of others on the same commodity. That is, the trademark is the same, and the goods using the trademark are the same. These two conditions must be met at the same time. Anyone suspected of one of the following circumstances shall be prosecuted: (1) The amount of illegal business operation is more than 50,000 yuan or the amount of illegal income is more than 30,000 yuan; (2) Counterfeiting two or more registered trademarks, with an illegal business amount of more than 30,000 yuan or an illegal income of more than 20,000 yuan; (3) Other serious circumstances. Under any of the following circumstances, it is "especially serious": (1) The amount of illegal business operation is more than 250,000 yuan or the amount of illegal income is more than 150,000 yuan; (2) Counterfeiting two or more registered trademarks, with an illegal business amount of more than 150,000 yuan or an illegal income of more than 100,000 yuan; (3) Other circumstances. Article 213 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * The crime of counterfeiting a registered trademark uses the same 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 2 14 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits the crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks. Whoever knowingly sells goods with 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.