Is it a crime to misappropriate a company’s intellectual property?

Legal analysis: Misappropriation of other people’s intellectual property patents may constitute a crime if the circumstances are serious, and the parties concerned will be held criminally responsible for the crime of counterfeiting patents. Anyone who counterfeits a patent shall, in addition to bearing civil liability in accordance with the law, be ordered to make corrections and make an announcement by the patent management department, confiscate the illegal income, and may also impose a fine of not more than four times the illegal income; if there is no illegal income, a fine of not more than 200,000 yuan may be imposed fine; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Legal basis: Article 1 of the "Intellectual Property Law of the People's Republic of China" is to protect the copyright of authors of literary, artistic and scientific works, as well as copyright-related rights and interests, and encourage those who benefit from the socialist spirit This law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution to promote the creation and dissemination of works for the construction of civilization and material civilization, and to promote the development and prosperity of socialist culture and science.