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How to settle submarine trademark infringement?

Legal analysis: If both parties want to resolve the submarine trademark infringement dispute through reconciliation, the infringing party can bear the liability for the actual losses caused to the victim by the infringement and sign a settlement agreement. .

Legal basis: "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 60 includes one of the acts of infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark listed in Article 57 of this Law , if a dispute arises, it shall be resolved by the parties through negotiation; if the parties are unwilling to negotiate or the negotiation fails, the trademark registrant or interested party may file a lawsuit in the People's Court or request the industrial and commercial administrative department to handle it.

If the industrial and commercial administration department determines that the infringement is established, it shall order it to immediately stop the infringement, confiscate and destroy the infringing goods and tools mainly used to manufacture infringing goods and counterfeit registered trademarks, and the illegal business volume shall be five If the amount exceeds 10,000 yuan, a fine of not more than five times the illegal business amount may be imposed. If there is no illegal business amount or the illegal business amount is less than 50,000 yuan, a fine of not more than 250,000 yuan may be imposed. Those who commit more than two trademark infringements within five years or have other serious circumstances shall be severely punished. If you sell goods that are not known to infringe the exclusive rights of a registered trademark, and you can prove that you legally obtained the goods and explain the supplier, the industrial and commercial administration department will order you to stop selling them.

For disputes over the amount of compensation for infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark, the parties may request mediation by the industrial and commercial administrative department handling the matter, or they may file a lawsuit in the People's Court in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China. If the parties fail to reach an agreement after mediation by the administrative department for industry and commerce or fail to perform the mediation agreement after it takes effect, the parties may file a lawsuit in the People's Court in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China.

Article 63 The amount of compensation for infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark shall be determined based on the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement; if the actual losses are difficult to determine, they may be determined based on the benefits gained by the infringer due to the infringement. ; If it is difficult to determine the loss of the right holder or the benefits obtained by the infringer, it shall be reasonably determined by reference to the multiple of the trademark license fee. For malicious infringement of trademark exclusive rights and the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation may be determined to be not less than one time but not more than five times the amount determined according to the above method. The amount of compensation should include the reasonable expenses paid by the right owner to stop the infringement. [1]

In order to determine the amount of compensation, the people's court may order the infringer to provide evidence related to the infringement and the account books and materials related to the infringement are mainly in the possession of the infringer. Relevant account books and information; if the infringer fails to provide or provides false account books and information, the people's court may determine the amount of compensation with reference to the rights holder's claims and the evidence provided.

If it is difficult to determine the actual losses suffered by the right holder due to the infringement, the benefits gained by the infringer due to the infringement, and the registered trademark license fee, the People's Court shall award RMB 5 million based on the circumstances of the infringement. the following compensation. [1]

When hearing trademark dispute cases, the People's Court shall, at the request of the right holder, order the destruction of goods belonging to counterfeit registered trademarks, except in special circumstances; materials mainly used to manufacture goods with counterfeit registered trademarks , tools, ordered to be destroyed without compensation; or in special circumstances, ordered to prohibit the aforementioned materials and tools from entering commercial channels without compensation.

Goods with counterfeit registered trademarks shall not enter commercial channels after only removing the counterfeit registered trademarks.