假冒专利行为和专利侵权行为的区分——周小波假冒专利罪案

On the Distinction Between Patent Counterfeiting and Patent Infringement

假冒专利行为和假冒专利罪最初规定于1992年专利法和1997年刑法。关于假冒专利行为的民事责任和行政责任,在2000年和2008年专利法中都作出修改完善,将假冒专利行为和专利侵权行为予以明确区分。关于假冒专利罪的刑罚标准一直未变,但其立案追诉标准经过2001年、2010年两次调整,已由最初的违法所得数额2万元以上和非法经营额10万元以上,提高到非法经营数额20万元以上或违法所得数额10万元以上。

Patent counterfeiting and patent counterfeiting crime were initially stipulated in the Patent Law of 1992 and the Criminal Law of 1997. With regard to civil liability and administrative liability of patent counterfeiting, both the Patent Law of 2000 and 2008 have been amended and perfected to make a clear distinction between patent counterfeiting and patent infringement. The penalty standard for patent counterfeiting crime has remained unchanged, but its prosecution standard for filing cases has been adjusted twice in 2001 and 2010, which has increased from the original amount of illegal income of more than 20,000 yuan and the amount of illegal operation of more than 100,000 yuan to the amount of illegal operation of more than 200,000 yuan or the amount of illegal income of more than 100,000 yuan.