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Is it illegal to counterfeit other people’s products?

It is illegal to copy other people’s products.

1. It is illegal to counterfeit other people’s products.

2. Copying other people’s products. If other people’s products are registered trademarks or patented products, it is suspected of trademark counterfeiting or trademark infringement. According to the provisions of our country’s criminal law, counterfeiting of trademarks is a crime if the circumstances are serious. Such behavior may be held accountable for the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks and the crime of selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks.

Copying other people’s products, if other people’s products are registered trademarks or patented products, is suspected of trademark counterfeiting or trademark infringement. According to the provisions of our country’s criminal law, trademark counterfeiting is a crime if the circumstances are serious. , can be held accountable for the crimes of counterfeiting registered trademarks and selling goods with counterfeit registered trademarks.

It is illegal to produce products counterfeiting other people’s brands. The offender will be ordered to make corrections, the products illegally produced and sold will be confiscated, and a fine equal to the value of the illegally produced or sold products will be imposed. If there are any illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated.

Legal Basis

"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 213 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 sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, and shall also or a fine alone; if the amount of illegal gains is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined.

"Law of the People's Republic of China and Domestic Product Quality"

Article 53: Whoever forges the origin of a product, forges or impersonates the name or address of another person's factory, forges or impersonates Anyone who uses quality marks such as certification marks shall be ordered to make corrections, the illegally produced and sold products shall be confiscated, and a fine equal to the value of the illegally produced and sold products shall be imposed; if there are any illegal gains, the illegal gains shall also be confiscated; if the circumstances are serious, Business license revoked.