The People’s Court of Shanghai Pudong announced on July 28, 2020 guilty verdicts for the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks for four defendants: Fang, Xie, Yang, and Huang. The four are the principal offenders and key defendants of a series of counterfeiting cases of Dyson hair dryers. The court sentenced the principal offender Fang to six years imprisonment and fined him RMB 5 million (~$712,200 USD) for the crime of counterfeiting registered trademarks. The Court also sentenced the principal offender …
Category: Trademarks
Beijing Intellectual Property Court Affirms Invalidation of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Chinese 3D Jewelry Trademark
On July 20, 2020, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court announced it affirmed an earlier ruling by the Trademark Office of the China National Intellectual Property Office invalidating Van Cleef & Arpels‘ (VCA) three-dimensional trademark for a four leaf clover design used in their Alhambra line of jewelry. The Trademark Office originally approved VCA’s three-dimensional trademark in January 2016 for 14 jewelry-related goods/services including gemstones; necklaces, etc. In April 2018, a third-party, Bi Mou , filed a request for invalidation of …
Beijing Higher People’s Court Affirms Cancellation of Shanghai Qualcomm Semiconductor’s Trademark
In a decision dated July 14, 2020, the Beijing Higher People’s Court affirmed the cancellation of Shanghai Qualcomm Semiconductor Co., Ltd.’s (上海高通半导体有限公司) trademark 4305050 for “高通” (Gao Tong, the name of Qualcomm in Chinese). This trademark is one of four subject to civil litigation by Shanghai Qualcomm against U.S. Qualcomm. In April 2014, Shanghai Qualcomm initiated a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against Qualcomm in the Shanghai High People’s Court, claiming that Qualcomm infringed its trademark rights, and requested …
Under Armour Defeats Uncle Martian at China’s Supreme People’s Court in Trademark Battle
In a decision dated July 17, 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Court ruled for Under Armour, Inc. against Fujian Tingfeilong Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. (福建省廷飞龙体育用品有限公司) for trademark infringement and unfair competition. Under Armour was founded in 1996 and as of 2018 had almost $5 billion USD in annual revenue selling sportswear, such as clothing and running shoes. In contrast, Tingfeilong launched the brand “Uncle Martian” in 2016 in China also in the sportswear field. As can be seen below, the Uncle …