Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 213 Whoever uses a trademark identical to its registered trademark on the same commodity without the permission of the owner of the registered trademark, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.
Article 214 Whoever sells goods that are knowingly counterfeit registered trademarks, and the sales amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the sales amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.
Article 215 Whoever forges or makes a registered trademark logo of another person without authorization or sells a forged or made registered trademark logo without authorization, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or shall only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.
Article 216 Whoever counterfeits another person's patent, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined.
Article 217 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, commits any of the following cases of copyright infringement, and the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or shall only be fined; If the amount of illegal income is huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined:
(1) Reproduction and distribution of written works, music, movies, television and video works, computer software and other works without the permission of the copyright owner;
(2) Publishing books with exclusive publishing rights enjoyed by others;
(3) Reproduction and distribution of audio and video products made by the producer without the permission of the producer;
(4) producing or selling works of art with forged signatures of others.
Article 218 Whoever, for the purpose of making profits, knowingly sells infringing copies specified in Article 217 of this Law, and the amount of illegal gains is huge, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined.