What is the crime of copying machinery developed by others?

The machinery developed by imitating others violates the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 63

Anyone who counterfeits a patent shall bear civil liability according to law, and the administrative department for patent affairs shall order him to make corrections and make an announcement, confiscate his illegal income and may impose a fine of less than four times his illegal income; If there is no illegal income, a fine of less than 200,000 yuan may be imposed; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Article 64

The administrative department for patent affairs may, when investigating and dealing with suspected patent counterfeiting according to the evidence obtained, require the relevant parties to investigate the situation related to the suspected illegal act; On-site inspection of the places where the parties are suspected of illegal acts; Consult and copy contracts, invoices, account books and other relevant materials related to suspected illegal acts; Inspect products related to suspected illegal acts, and seal up or detain products that are proved to be counterfeit patents.

When the patent administration department exercises the functions and powers prescribed in the preceding paragraph according to law, the parties concerned shall assist and cooperate, and shall not refuse or obstruct.

Article 65

The amount of compensation for infringement of patent rights shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement; If the actual loss is difficult to determine, it can be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement. If it is difficult to determine the loss of the obligee or the interests of the infringer, it shall be reasonably determined by reference to the multiple of the patent license fee. The amount of compensation shall also include the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee to stop the infringement.

If it is difficult to determine the loss of the obligee, the benefits obtained by the infringer and the patent license fee, the people's court may determine the compensation of more than 1 10,000 yuan and less than1100,000 yuan according to the type of patent right, the nature and circumstances of the infringement.