Is it infringement to use counterfeit products?
According to the relevant provisions of China's patent law, unauthorized use of counterfeit patent products made by some illegal vendors cannot be regarded as infringement. However, if the counterfeit products used are marked with the patent number that others have applied for registration, it is enough to become the standard of patent infringement. Then we must bear the corresponding responsibility. However, if these products are filled with their own fabricated patent numbers for use or other purposes, they cannot be regarded as patent infringement. These can only be regarded as directly stealing other people's patent rights, without having to bear serious punishment. According to the current patent law, the simple use of some counterfeit products only needs to bear some very necessary civil liabilities, and the law is also aimed at cracking down on this illegal act of using counterfeit products, thus infringing on the interests of products with formal patent rights, so this act of using counterfeit products must be punished. However, if users use these counterfeit products for other profit-making activities, they are likely to bear administrative responsibility for various misconduct and unintentional infringement of patent rights, and even be investigated for criminal responsibility according to relevant profit-making standards. Many small enterprises can't afford to buy patented machines for production, but look at the wind direction in the market and buy fake and shoddy products with the same function to cope with what machines can produce the best products. In general, it is illegal to forge patent rights. Therefore, we must be more careful. Whether the use of counterfeit products really constitutes patent infringement or not, those who counterfeit others' patents will be punished more severely than those who only infringe patents. Everyone should also maintain the original and use the original.