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In trademark infringement cases, are the online platform traders and actual sellers the same defendants?
no, for infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, according to Article 53 of the Trademark Law and Article 43 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Trademark Law, the administrative department for industry and commerce may take the following measures to punish it.

(1) Order to stop the infringement

The specific measures are as follows:

① Order to stop the sale immediately;

② confiscation and destruction of infringing goods;

③ Confiscate and destroy tools specially used for manufacturing infringing goods and forging registered trademarks.

(2) Impose a fine

If the infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark does not constitute a crime, the administrative department for industry and commerce may, according to the circumstances, impose a fine of less than 5% of the illegal business amount or less than five times the profit from the infringement; The person directly responsible for the infringing unit may be fined up to 1, yuan according to the circumstances.

if the parties are dissatisfied with the above two treatments, they may bring a suit in a people's court in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China within 15 days from the date of receiving the notice. If neither prosecution nor performance is made within the time limit, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall apply to the people's court for compulsory execution.

(3) Mediation on the amount of compensation for infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark

The administrative department for industry and commerce that handles the matter may mediate on the amount of compensation for infringement of the exclusive right to use a trademark at the request of the parties concerned. If mediation fails, the parties may bring a lawsuit to the people's court according to law.