Customs investigation process of intellectual property protection

Legal analysis: 1. The obligee applies to the General Administration of Customs for filing. 2. The customs at the place of entry and exit detain the goods suspected of infringement. 3. Customs investigation: Under the active protection mode, the customs shall investigate whether the detained suspected infringing goods infringe intellectual property rights within 30 working days from the date of detention. The customs confiscated the infringing goods.

Legal basis: After the patent right for inventions and utility models is granted in Article 11 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), except as otherwise provided in this Law, no unit or individual may exploit the patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, they may not manufacture, use, promise to sell, sell or import their patented products for production and business purposes, or use their patented methods and use, promise to sell, sell or import products directly obtained according to the patented methods. After the design patent is granted, no unit or individual may exploit its patent without the permission of the patentee, that is, it may not manufacture, promise to sell, sell or import its patented product for production and business purposes.