Trademark

Shanghai court to hear $740,000 Tesla trademark lawsuit

China’s Shanghai Intellectual Property Court will hear a lawsuit filed by Tesla Shanghai Co., Ltd. (特斯拉(上海)有限公司), U.S. automotive and clean energy company Tesla, Inc.’s Shanghai unit, against three Chinese companies Zhongyin Food Co., Ltd. (中饮食品有限公司), Guangdong Zhongyin Food Co., Ltd. (广东中饮食品有限公司),

Jointown and Goaland secure multi-mln financing with pledged IP assets

Two Chinese public companies in May obtained credit to access loans of 80 million yuan ($12 million) and 35 million yuan ($5.2 million) from the Bank of China (BOC) and Hankou Bank Co., Ltd. by pledging their trademark and utility model patents as collateral to their creditor banks respectively unde

China’s top court awards sports company Fila retrial win in trademark suit

China’s Supreme People’s Court on May 9 overturned a lower court ruling on appeal against Fila Sports Co., Ltd. (斐乐体育有限公司), a subsidiary of Chinese sports equipment multinational corporation Anta Sports Products Ltd., in a trademark lawsuit lodged by it against Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province-based Pe

German carmaker Daimler confirms $120,000 win in trademark suit

China’s Shanghai Intellectual Property Court has lately upheld a lower court ruling in favor of German carmaker Daimler AG (戴姆勒股份公司), renamed as the Mercedes-Benz Group in 2022, in a trademark lawsuit lodged by it against Shanghai Tonghe Auto Parts Co., Ltd. (上海同和汽配有限公司) and Shanghai Tonzie Auto Par

German pump maker Wilo wins $800,000 in trademark suit

China’s Beijing Intellectual Property Court on April 6 upheld a lower court ruling in favor of Wilo China Ltd. (威乐(中国)中国水泵系统有限公司), German pump maker Wilo SE’s Chinese unit, in a trademark lawsuit lodged by it against Weile Pump (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (威乐泵业(江苏)有限公司) and Beijing Yangguang Keyu Solar Ener