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Shandong Longkou fans produced in Henan are investigated, and what kind of punishment will they face for infringing geographical indication products?

1. Fixed evidence. Collect one's own certificate of geographical indication right, products and advertisements that the other party infringes on the right of geographical indication, and pay attention to fair preservation of electronic evidence.

2. Stop the infringement. Report to quality inspection, industry and commerce and other functional departments to stop further infringement from production and sales.

3. Strive for compensation. Bring a complaint to the court, demand compensation for losses and publicly apologize.

4. Save your reputation. Strengthen the management of transportation and marketing, choose the opportunity to publicize according to the facts, and recover the loss of word of mouth.

for products that have been protected by geographical indications through application and approval procedures, the product owners shall enjoy the right to geographical indications according to law. Of course, this right has the power to exclude non-right holders from using their geographical indications according to law. The right holder of geographical indications has the right to file a complaint with the local quality inspection agencies of the competent authorities for investigation, or bring a lawsuit to the people's court.

violations of the rights of geographical indication owners can be subdivided into three categories.

the first category is the act of using or forging the names of geographical indications and special signs without authorization. This refers to the acts of operators who have not obtained the protection of geographical indications and do not enjoy the right to geographical indications, using the approved names of geographical indications, special signs or forging special signs without authorization;

the second category is the act of using the name of a geographical indication product that does not meet the requirements of the product standards and management specifications. This mainly refers to the same product produced by the producer in the protected area of geographical indication products. Although it is the same product produced in the protected area, it is not allowed to use the special mark because its product does not meet the requirements of geographical indication product standards and management norms, but the operator uses the geographical indication name without authorization. For example, the green tea produced by a green tea manufacturer in the West Lake area of Hangzhou is similar in appearance and taste. Longjing tea? The standard of is close to but not up to standard, so it is not allowed to be used? Longjing tea? Special signs for the protection of geographical indications products. The manufacturer used the special logo without forging it? Longjing tea? Three words are marked on the outer packaging of its goods. This also constitutes an infringement of the right to geographical indications;

the third category is the use of names or logos that are similar to special signs, which are easy to be misunderstood, and words or patterns that may mislead consumers, so that consumers will mistake the product for a product protected by geographical indications. The difference between this kind of behavior and the first and second kinds of behavior is that although the name and special mark of the approved geographical indication product are not used, the name and special mark used by the scheme or pattern are similar to those of the geographical indication product, and it is easy to be mistaken for a geographical indication product.

The above-mentioned three kinds of behaviors are violations of the rights of geographical indications, which are situations where the right holders of geographical indications can file complaints and lawsuits, and also behaviors that the competent authorities of geographical indications can actively investigate and deal with according to law.