🔸 In 2019, Alibaba applied to register the “双11” (Double 11) trademark and the application was rejected. Alibaba then brought an action to court. At first instance, the court also rejected Alibaba’s claim, stating that the mark lacked distinctive features. At appeal, the Beijing Higher
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🔸 The Beijing Court has ordered Tencent, a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding company to pay USD1,538 to the Music Copyright Society of China for using music on its video-streaming site without proper authorization.
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A Canadian Court has ordered Budway, a cannabis retail store in East Vancouver to pay Subway, a fast-food giant $40,000 and destroy any signs, goods, packages and labels marked with Budway’s logo. The use of “Budway” with the same font and arrows as Subway was an infringement, caused confusion
In 2016, a Chinese court ruled in favour of the 3M Company against Changzhou Huawei Advanced Material Co Ltd, which sought to file an application to register the “3N” trademark. The court ruled that despite the dissimilarities in products and pricing, the mark 3N is confusingly similar to the
Oat milk giant, Oatly sought an injunction to stop Glebe Farm Foods, a family-run business based in Cambridgeshire from using its PureOaty brand and to change its packaging, claiming PureOaty’s packaging is too similar to Oatly’s carton, with a blue finish and teacup illustration.
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