legal ground
Article 68 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
In case of counterfeiting patents, in addition to bearing civil liability according to law, the department responsible for patent law enforcement shall order it to make corrections and make an announcement, confiscate the illegal income and may impose a fine of less than five times the illegal income; If there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 50 thousand yuan, a fine of less than 250 thousand yuan may be imposed; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.