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How to punish the sale of counterfeit trademarks?
operators who impersonate other people's registered trademarks, use other people's enterprise names without authorization, forge or fraudulently use quality marks such as certification marks and famous brand marks, forge the place of origin, and make misleading false representations about the quality of goods shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China and the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China. Where an operator uses the unique name, packaging and decoration of a well-known commodity without authorization, or uses a name, packaging and decoration similar to that of a well-known commodity, causing confusion with other people's well-known commodities, so that the buyer mistakenly thinks that it is the well-known commodity, the supervision and inspection department shall order it to stop the illegal act, confiscate the illegal income, and may impose a fine according to the circumstances; If the circumstances are serious, the business license may be revoked; If selling fake and inferior commodities constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

in accordance with article 6 of the trademark law of the people's Republic of China, if one of the acts listed in article 57 of this law infringes on the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, and a dispute arises, the parties concerned shall settle it through consultation;

if negotiation is unwilling or fails, the trademark registrant or interested party may bring a suit in a people's court or request the administrative department for industry and commerce to handle it. When the administrative department for industry and commerce finds that the infringement is established, it shall be ordered to immediately stop the infringement, confiscate and destroy the infringing goods and tools mainly used to manufacture infringing goods and forge registered trademark marks. If the illegal business amount is more than 5, yuan, it may be fined less than five times the illegal business amount, and if there is no illegal business amount or the illegal business amount is less than 5, yuan, it may be fined less than 25, yuan.

whoever commits trademark infringement twice or more within five years or has other serious circumstances shall be given a heavier punishment. The administrative department for industry and commerce shall order the sale of goods that are not known to infringe on the exclusive right to use a registered trademark, and can prove that the goods are legally obtained by themselves and explain the supplier.

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