Confiscated articles found to be infringing may be confiscated by relevant institutions, used for public welfare undertakings or transferred to intellectual property rights holders or auctioned and destroyed according to law. At the same time, if it is handled, it is necessary to notify the intellectual property right holder in writing.

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Article 27 of the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights.

The detained goods suspected of infringing intellectual property rights shall be confiscated by the customs if they are found to have infringed intellectual property rights through customs investigation.

After the customs confiscates the goods infringing intellectual property rights, it shall notify the intellectual property right holder of the relevant information in writing.

If the confiscated goods infringing intellectual property rights can be used for social welfare undertakings, the customs shall hand them over to the relevant public welfare institutions for social welfare undertakings; If the intellectual property right holder has the intention to purchase, the customs may transfer it to the intellectual property right holder for compensation. If the confiscated goods infringing intellectual property rights cannot be used for social welfare undertakings and the intellectual property rights holders have no intention to buy them, the customs may auction them according to law after eliminating the infringing features, but for imported goods with counterfeit trademarks, except in special circumstances, they cannot be allowed to enter commercial channels only by removing the trademark marks on the goods; If the infringing features cannot be eliminated, the customs shall destroy them.