Infringement of design patents will result in a criminal record. Infringement of another person's design patent, if the circumstances are serious, will constitute a crime and be punished as patent counterfeiting; if it does not constitute a crime, it will be punished as infringement of rights. According to Article 216 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, the crime of patent counterfeiting is that of counterfeiting the patent of others. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined.