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Penalty for using someone else’s trademark without authorization

Legal analysis: According to the relevant laws of our country, selling other people’s branded goods without authorization is an infringement. If the brand is a registered trademark, it will constitute a trademark infringement and must be bear the consequences of compensation. When handling the case, if the industrial and commercial administrative 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. If the illegal business turnover exceeds 50,000 yuan, it may be punished. A fine of not more than five times the illegal business volume may be imposed. If there is no illegal business volume or the illegal business volume 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.

Legal basis: Article 57 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" Any of the following acts shall constitute an infringement of the exclusive right to register a trademark:

(1) ) Use the same trademark as the registered trademark on the same kind of goods without the permission of the trademark registrant;

(2) Use the same kind of trademark as the registered trademark on the same kind of goods without the permission of the trademark registrant Similar trademarks, or using a trademark that is the same or similar to its registered trademark on similar goods, which is likely to cause confusion;

(3) Selling goods that infringe the exclusive rights of registered trademarks;

(4) Forgery or unauthorized manufacture of registered trademarks of others or sale of forged or unauthorized registered trademarks;

(5) Replacement of the registered trademark without the consent of the trademark registrant and the replacement trademark The goods are put into the market;

(6) Deliberately providing facilities for infringement of the exclusive rights of others’ trademarks and helping others to infringe the exclusive rights of trademarks;

(7) Giving Other damages caused by the exclusive right to use registered trademarks of others.