The Intellectual Property Protection Center is an institution or organization that aims to promote, maintain and protect the legitimate rights and interests of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names and other forms of intellectual property. Intellectual property protection centers are generally established by organizations such as governments or industry associations, and their responsibilities include the following aspects:

1. Intellectual property publicity and education: Intellectual property protection centers can raise awareness through various forms of publicity activities. The public's understanding and importance of intellectual property rights, and strengthen the publicity and popularization of intellectual property protection;

2. Intellectual property management services: The intellectual property protection center can provide intellectual property management services, including patents, trademarks, Consulting and management services in copyright, domain name, etc., to help enterprises and individuals effectively manage and protect their intellectual property rights;

3. Intellectual property rights protection services: The Intellectual Property Protection Center can provide intellectual property rights protection services, including Provide services such as investigation and evidence collection of infringements, mediation and arbitration of intellectual property disputes, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of intellectual property;

4. Intellectual property cooperation and exchange: The intellectual property protection center can promote the field of intellectual property cooperation and exchanges, strengthen domestic and international intellectual property exchanges and cooperation, and promote innovation and development of intellectual property.

The working principles of the Intellectual Property Protection Center usually include the following aspects:

1. Principles of justice and fairness: The Intellectual Property Protection Center should follow fairness and fairness when handling intellectual property affairs. The principle of not favoring any party and handling relevant disputes and controversies fairly;

2. Service principle: The Intellectual Property Protection Center should serve the purpose of meeting the needs of applicants and users and provide professional services. , efficient and high-quality services;

3. Confidentiality principle: The Intellectual Property Protection Center shall abide by the confidentiality principle, strictly keep the information of applicants and users confidential, and shall not disclose any business secrets, patented technologies and Business confidential information;

4. Legal principles: The Intellectual Property Protection Center should abide by laws and regulations, respect the legal status of intellectual property, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of intellectual property;

5. Convenience Principle: The Intellectual Property Protection Center should comply with the principles of convenience and benefit to the people, and provide applicants and users with more convenient and efficient services by continuously improving service methods and service quality.

In summary, the Intellectual Property Protection Center is an important institution or organization whose responsibilities cover intellectual property publicity and education, intellectual property management services, intellectual property rights protection services, and intellectual property cooperation and exchanges. It plays an important role in protecting and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of intellectual property rights.

Legal Basis

Article 213 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

The crime of counterfeiting a registered trademark without the registration of the trademark owner License, use the same trademark as the registered trademark on the same kind of goods or services. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and concurrently or solely with a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years. and impose a fine.

Article 214

The crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks. Anyone who knowingly sells goods with counterfeit registered trademarks and the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances shall be punished. The offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years and concurrently or solely fined; if the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than 10 years and concurrently fined.

Article 219

Whoever commits the crime of infringement of trade secrets by one of the following acts of infringement of trade secrets, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, and shall be concurrently or solely punished fine; if the circumstances are particularly 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:

(1) Obtaining rights holders through theft, bribery, fraud, coercion, electronic intrusion or other improper means business secrets;

(2) Disclosing, using or allowing others to use the right holder’s business secrets obtained by means of the preceding paragraph;

(3) Violating confidentiality obligations or violating rights Disclose, use or allow others to use the trade secrets in their possession according to the person's requirements for keeping trade secrets.

Whoever knowingly obtains, discloses, uses or allows others to use the trade secrets listed in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to have infringed the trade secrets.

The rights holder mentioned in this article refers to the owner of the trade secret and the user of the trade secret with the permission of the owner of the trade secret.