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Is it illegal to change the car badge?

It is illegal to change the vehicle badge. Changing the car logo without authorization infringes the exclusive rights of registered trademarks of famous brand cars. Because a registered trademark represents the image standard, quality requirements and many other contents of its products, replacing the logo of a low-end car with the logo of a famous car will have an impact on the image and reputation of a famous car. As the user of an infringing trademark, the car owner's unauthorized use of other people's famous car trademarks without permission also constitutes infringement.

The penalty standards for trademark infringement are as follows:

1. Order to stop sales immediately;

2. Seize and destroy the infringing trademark logo;

3. Eliminate infringing trademarks on existing goods;

4. Seize molds, printing plates or other crime tools that are directly used for trademark infringement;

5. If the first four measures are taken If these measures are insufficient to stop the infringement, or if the infringement is difficult to separate from the goods, order and supervise the destruction of the infringing goods;

6. Depending on the circumstances, a fine of less than 5% of the illegal business revenue or 5% of the profits obtained from the infringement shall be imposed. times the fine. The directly responsible person of an entity that infringes upon the exclusive right to use a registered trademark may be fined not more than 10,000 yuan depending on the circumstances.

Legal basis: Article 57 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China"

Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall infringe the exclusive right to use a registered trademark:

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(1) Using the same trademark as its registered trademark on the same kind of goods without the permission of the trademark registrant;

(2) Using the same trademark on the same product without the permission of the trademark registrant Using a trademark that is similar to its registered trademark on a certain product, or using a trademark that is the same or similar to its registered trademark on similar products, which is likely to cause confusion;

(3) Selling products that infringe the exclusive rights of a registered trademark ;

(4) Forging or manufacturing registered trademarks of others without authorization or selling counterfeit or unauthorized registered trademarks;

(5) Replacing other trademarks without the consent of the trademark registrant Registering a trademark and putting the goods with the replaced trademark into the market;

(6) Intentionally providing facilities for infringement of other people’s trademark rights and helping others to infringe trademark rights;

(7) Causing other damage to others’ exclusive rights to registered trademarks.