What is the punishment for infringing the company name?

Legal analysis: if the infringement of the company name constitutes unfair competition, the amount of compensation for the operators who have suffered unfair competition shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by them due to the infringement; If the actual loss is difficult to calculate, it shall be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement. If the business operator maliciously commits an act of infringing business secrets, and the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation can be determined in accordance with the amount determined by the above method. The amount of compensation shall also include the reasonable expenses paid by the operator to stop the infringement. If the operator violates the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, and it is difficult to determine the actual losses suffered by the obligee and the benefits gained by the infringer due to the infringement, the people's court shall, according to the circumstances of the infringement, award the obligee compensation of less than 5 million yuan.

If confusion is caused by infringement of the company name, the supervision and inspection department shall order it to stop the illegal act and confiscate the illegal items. If the illegal business amount is more than 50 thousand yuan, a fine of less than 5 times the illegal business amount may be imposed; If there is no illegal business amount or the illegal business amount is less than 50 thousand yuan, a fine of less than 250 thousand yuan may be imposed. If the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked.

Where the name of the enterprise registered by the operator is infringed, it shall timely register the change of name; Before the name is changed, the original enterprise registration authority shall change its name into a unified social credit code.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Anti-Unfair Competition Law.

Article 6 An operator shall not commit any of the following confusing acts, so that people may mistakenly think that it is another person's commodity or have a specific connection with another person:

(a) unauthorized use of the same or similar signs such as commodity names, packaging and decoration that have certain influence on others;

(2) unauthorized use of enterprise name (including abbreviation, font size, etc.). ), social organizations (including abbreviation, etc. ) and name (including pen name, stage name, translated name, etc. ) has a certain influence on others;

(three) unauthorized use of domain names, website names, web pages and other major parts. , have a certain influence on others;

(four) other confusing acts that can make people mistakenly think that they are other people's goods or have specific connections with others.

Article 17 A business operator who violates the provisions of this Law and causes damage to others shall bear civil liability according to law.

If the legitimate rights and interests of business operators are damaged by acts of unfair competition, they may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.

The amount of compensation for operators who have suffered from unfair competition shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by them due to infringement; If the actual loss is difficult to calculate, it shall be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement. If the business operator maliciously commits an act of infringing business secrets, and the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation can be determined in accordance with the amount determined by the above method. The amount of compensation shall also include the reasonable expenses paid by the operator to stop the infringement.

Where an operator violates the provisions of Articles 6 and 9 of this Law, and it is difficult to determine the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement and the benefits gained by the infringer due to infringement, the people's court shall compensate the obligee for less than 5 million yuan according to the circumstances of infringement.

Article 18 Where an operator violates the provisions of Article 6 of this Law and confuses the audience, the supervision and inspection department shall order him to stop the illegal act and confiscate the illegal commodities. If the illegal business amount is more than 50 thousand yuan, a fine of less than 5 times the illegal business amount may be imposed; If there is no illegal business amount or the illegal business amount is less than 50 thousand yuan, a fine of less than 250 thousand yuan may be imposed. If the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked.

If the registered enterprise name of an operator violates the provisions of Article 6 of this Law, it shall register the name change in time; Before the name is changed, the original enterprise registration authority shall change its name into a unified social credit code.