What is the sentencing standard for the crime of counterfeiting patents?

The conviction standard of the crime of counterfeiting patent in criminal law is that if a natural person constitutes a crime, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined; If a unit constitutes a crime, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the above provisions.

legal ground

Article 2 16 of the Criminal Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Whoever counterfeits another person's patent, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined.

Article 220

Where a unit commits the crimes specified in Articles 213 to 219 of this section, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of each article of this section.