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How to punish printing fake trademark labels

If printing fake trademark labels infringes upon the trademark rights of others, and if the circumstances are serious, criminal liability may be pursued for the crime of illegally manufacturing and selling illegally manufactured registered trademarks.

"Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement" Article 3: Forgery or unauthorized manufacture of registered trademarks of others or sale of forged or unauthorized registered trademarks shall fall under the following circumstances: 1. If the circumstances are “serious” as stipulated in Article 215 of the Criminal Law, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance for the crime of illegally manufacturing and selling illegally manufactured registered trademarks, and shall also or solely be fined: (1) Forgery, unauthorized manufacture or sale of forged or unauthorized registered trademarks exceeding 20,000 pieces, or illegal business amount exceeding 50,000 yuan, or illegal income amounting to 30,000 yuan or more; (2) Counterfeiting, The number of unauthorized production or sales of counterfeit or unauthorized production of two or more registered trademarks exceeds 10,000, or the amount of illegal business operations exceeds 30,000 yuan, or the amount of illegal income exceeds 20,000 yuan; (3) Other serious circumstances . Anyone who has any of the following circumstances is considered a "particularly serious case" as stipulated in Article 215 of the Criminal Law and shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and a fine for the crime of illegally manufacturing and selling illegally manufactured registered trademarks. : (1) The number of counterfeited or unauthorized manufactured registered trademarks or signs exceeds 100,000, or the amount of illegal business operations exceeds 250,000 yuan, or the amount of illegal income exceeds 150,000 yuan; ( 2) Counterfeiting, unauthorized manufacturing or selling of more than 50,000 counterfeit or unauthorized manufacturing of two or more registered trademarks, or the illegal business amount is more than 150,000 yuan, or the illegal income amount is more than 100,000 yuan; (3) Other particularly serious circumstances.

Article 215 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China": Whoever forges or manufactures without authorization a registered trademark of another person or sells a forged or unauthorized registered trademark shall, if the circumstances are serious, be punished with a three-year sentence to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance, and concurrently or solely to a fine; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and concurrently to a fine.