Article 16 Where an exhibition complaint institution needs the assistance of the local intellectual property office, the local intellectual property office shall actively cooperate with and participate in the protection of intellectual property rights in the exhibition. During the exhibition, the work of the local intellectual property office may include:
(1) Accepting the complaints of alleged patent infringement handed over by the complaint institution of the exhibition, and handling them in accordance with the relevant provisions of patent laws and regulations;
(2) Accepting the request for handling the patent infringement dispute of the participating projects suspected of infringing the patent right, and handling it in accordance with the provisions of Article 57 of the Patent Law;
(3) Accepting the report that the participating projects are suspected of counterfeiting other people's patents or impersonating patents, or investigating and punishing the acts of counterfeiting other people's patents or impersonating patents in participating projects ex officio, and imposing penalties in accordance with the provisions of Articles 58 and 59 of the Patent Law.
Article 26. During the exhibition, those who pass off others' patents or pass off non-patented products as patented products or pass off patented methods shall be punished by the local intellectual property office according to the provisions of Articles 58 and 59 of the Patent Law.