Criminal punishment for infringement of intellectual property rights?

The penalties for infringement of intellectual property rights are: warning, confiscation of illegal income, compensation for losses, confiscation of tools, fines and other administrative penalties imposed by the seized intellectual property management department on the perpetrator. If the perpetrator constitutes a criminal offence, the people's court shall also give him corresponding criminal punishment according to the specific circumstances.

legal ground

Article 52 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall come into force on June 1 20265438.

Anyone who commits one of the following acts of infringement shall, according to the circumstances, bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, eliminating the influence, apologizing and compensating for the losses:

(5) Plagiarizing other people's works;

(eleven) other acts of infringement of copyright and copyright-related rights and interests.

Article 67

Without the permission of the trademark registrant, if a trademark identical to its registered trademark is used on the same commodity, which constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law in addition to compensation for the losses of the infringed party.

Article 65

If a patent is exploited without the permission of the patentee, that is, the patent right is infringed and a dispute arises, it shall be settled by the parties through consultation; Unwilling to negotiate or failing to do so, the patentee or interested party may bring a suit in a people's court or request the administrative department for patent affairs to handle it. .