What are the legal responsibilities of patent infringement?

1. Administrative responsibility: For patent infringement, the department in charge of patent affairs has the right to order the infringer to stop the infringement, correct it, and impose a fine. The administrative department for patent affairs may also mediate the amount of compensation for patent infringement at the request of the parties concerned. 2. Civil liability: (1) Stop the infringement means that the patent infringer should immediately stop the ongoing patent infringement according to the decision of the department in charge of patent work or the judgment of the people's court. (2) Compensation for losses. The amount of compensation for infringement of patent rights shall be determined according to the losses suffered by the patentee or the interests gained by the infringer; If it is difficult to determine the losses suffered by the infringer or the benefits obtained by the infringer, it can be reasonably determined by referring to the multiple of the patent license fee. (3) eliminate the impact. When the infringing act of the infringer damages the goodwill of the patented product in the market, the infringer should bear the legal responsibility of eliminating the influence in an appropriate way and admit his own infringing act to eliminate the adverse influence on the patented product. 3. Criminal responsibility: In accordance with the provisions of the Patent Law and the Criminal Law, if the circumstances are serious, the person directly responsible shall be investigated for criminal responsibility.

Legal basis:

Article 120 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) infringes, and the infringed party has the right to request the infringer to bear the tort liability.

Article 65 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a patent is exploited without the permission of the patentee, that is, the patent right is infringed. In case of any dispute, the parties concerned shall settle it through consultation; Unwilling to negotiate or failing to do so, the patentee or interested party may bring a suit in a people's court or request the administrative department for patent affairs to handle it. When the administrative department for patent affairs finds that the infringement is established, it may order the infringer to stop the infringement immediately. If a party refuses to accept the decision, he may bring a lawsuit to the people's court in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China within 15 days from the date of receiving the notice of handling. If the infringer fails to prosecute and stop the infringement upon expiration of the time limit, the administrative department for patent affairs may apply to the people's court for compulsory execution. At the request of the parties concerned, the administrative department for patent affairs may mediate the amount of compensation for patent infringement; If mediation fails, the parties may bring a lawsuit to the people's court in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).