Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law in the Handling of Criminal Intellectual Property Infringement Cases
关于办理侵犯知识产权刑事案件适用法律若干问题的解释
SPC defines “same kind of good or service” in criminal IP cases / CLP Reference: 5100/25.04.23 ; Promulgated: 2025-04-23 ; Effective: 2025-04-26
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(Promulgated by the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on April 23, 2025, and effective as of April 26, 2025.)
(最高人民法院审判委员会于二零二五年四月二十三日公布,自二零二五年四月二十六日起施行。)
SPC Interpretation [2025] No.5
法释〔2025〕5号
With a view to punishing the crime of intellectual property infringement in accordance with the law and maintaining the order of the socialist market economy, we, pursuant to relevant provisions of laws such as the PRC Criminal Law and the PRC Criminal Procedure Law, and in light of judicial practice, hereby provide interpretation of certain issues concerning the application of the law in the handling of criminal intellectual property infringement cases as follows:
为依法惩治侵犯知识产权犯罪,维护社会主义市场经济秩序,根据《中华人民共和国刑法》《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》等法律的有关规定,结合司法实践,现就办理侵犯知识产权刑事案件适用法律的若干问题解释如下:
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第一条 未经注册商标所有人许可,在同一种商品、服务上使用与其注册商标相同的商标,具有下列情形之一的,应当认定为刑法第二百一十三条规定的“同一种商品、服务”: