Is the crime of patent counterfeiting serious?

1. Any natural person who commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined. 2. If a unit commits this crime, the unit shall be fined, and the person directly in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the above provisions.

Legal Basis

"Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 216 Whoever counterfeits the patent of others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be punished with a three-year sentence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 10 years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined.