Legal analysis: Infringing others' patent rights is an act of impersonating others' names and seeking benefits by improper means. The infringed can protect their rights and interests by legal means. The legal responsibilities of patent infringers include civil liability, administrative liability and criminal liability. Whoever infringes upon the patent right of another person, 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.
Legal basis: Article 216 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) commits the crime of counterfeiting patents, and 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.