Trademarks

  • New Balance in the trademark infringement actions against a Chinese individual, successfully reducing the damages by 95%.
  • Michael Jordan, the basketball player, in a series of cases against Qiaodan Sports Company for its registration of Mr. Jordan’s name as company name and trademarks before the PRC Supreme Court.
  • Tesla Motors, Inc. to successfully recover the right to use “Tesla” trademark in China against the trademark squatter that registered the same trademark.
  • Guess?, Inc. in a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit against another international brand before the Jiangsu High Court.
  • Yi Jian-Lian, a famous NBA and CBA basketball player from China, to successfully cancel the trademark “Yi Jian-Lian” registered by Fujian Jinjiang Yi Jian-Lian Sport Co. This case was ranked as one of the Top 10 IP cases by the Beijing High Court.
  • Louis Vuitton in a landmark vendor’s strict liability trademark infringement case against a major supermarket operator in Shanghai. The case was selected by the PRC Supreme Court as one of the top 10 IP Cases.
  • The North Face Apparel Corp. in winning a landmark landlord liability trademark infringement case against Beijing Silk Market before the Beijing No.2 Intermediate Court and the Beijing High Court.
  • Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. in multiple trademark infringement litigation before the Shenzhen Intermediate Court.
  • NEC in multijurisdictional trademark infringement litigation before the Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Zhongshan Intermediate Courts.
  • Many foreign companies and foreign-invested companies in trademark infringement lawsuits filed by trademark squatters in China.