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What is the sentencing standard for the crime of counterfeiting trademarks?
The punishment for the crime of counterfeiting a trademark is: counterfeiting a registered trademark, and if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years 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 ten years and shall also be fined. Whoever sells goods with counterfeit trademarks shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined.

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Article 2 13 of the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

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 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 ten years and shall also be fined.

Article 2 14

Whoever knowingly sells goods with counterfeit registered trademarks, and the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and shall also or only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined.