Legal Analysis: Condiments can be patented. If the outer packaging of your product is distinctive, you can also apply for a design patent; If your seasoning has a special formula, you can apply for a formula patent; If the production technology of your seasoning is greatly improved compared with the previous technology, you can apply for a technical patent. The latter two are invention patents, and the protection period of invention patents is 20 years. Design means that if you improve the outer packaging of your product, you can apply for a design patent, and the protection period of the design patent is 10 years.
Legal basis: Article 216 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.