近日，湖南省长沙市雨花区人民法院依法公开审理了被告人刘长生、胡雪蓉、刘畅涉嫌销售假冒注册商标的商品罪一案，并进行了当庭宣判。三名被告人因销售假冒的“拉菲”“长城”等品牌的伪劣红酒，受到了法律的严惩。

　　经审理查明，三被告销售假冒的“拉菲”、“长城”等品牌的伪劣红酒金额达25万元，另被查获尚未销售的伪劣红酒金额达13万元。庭审中三被告对其犯罪事实供认不讳，均有认罪悔罪表现。三被告最终被判构成销售假冒注册商标的商品罪，刘长生获有期徒刑3年、缓刑4年，并处罚金1万元；胡雪蓉、刘畅获有期徒刑1年6个月、缓刑2年，并处罚金1万元。

　　该案由湖南省长沙市人民检察院依法提起公诉。此案的公诉和宣判，增强了品牌拥有者保护知识产权的信心。

　　此案是拉菲在中国的首件知识产权保护刑事案件。拉菲罗斯柴尔德酒庄的代理人集佳律师事务所律师侯玉静、张静元认为，该案的审理与宣判，对商标权利人而言无疑是一剂强心针，不仅仅是保护了本案商标注册人的合法权益，而且能从一定程度上遏制假冒注册商标的商品在三四线城市泛滥的状况，有力地威慑国内猖獗的知识产权犯罪行为，体现了司法打击知识产权犯罪的力度和决心。

 

Case Summary

 

The defendants Liu Changsheng, Hu Xuerong, and Liu Chang sold counterfeit “Lafite” and “Great Wall” red wine products with sales amounted 250,000 yuan and unsold red wine products seized amounted for around 130,000 yuan. The case was prosecuted by the People's Procuratorate of Changsha, Hunan, and the People's Court of Yuhua District of Changsha, Hunan heard the case publicly.

 

 

Court Judgement

The three defendants confessed to the facts of the crime. The court sentenced that they had constituted the sale of counterfeit products of registered trademarks. Liu was sentenced to 3 years in prison, probation for 4 years, and fined with 10,000 yuan; Hu Xuerong and Liu Chang were sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, probation for 2 years, and a fine of 10,000 yuan.

 

 

Typical Significance

This case is the first criminal case for Lafite to protect their IP rights in China. Unitalen partners, Hou Yujing and Zhang Jingyuan, the representing lawyers of Lafite Rothschild, believes that the trial and judgement of the case had not only protected the legitimate rights of the trademark registrants of the case, but also, to a certain extent, to curb the proliferation of counterfeit products of registered trademarks in Tier 3 and 4 cities in China, reflecting the strength and determination of the judicial crackdown on IP crimes.

 

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