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A centennial Chinese brand is very likely to win a landmark lawsuit case over a German firm that rush-registered its trademark, a Chinese official said yesterday.
i4 x! g( t! _% B& B' U# ?6 ~Wangzhihe Food Group, producer of the popular Chinese food bean curd under the brand name Wangzhihe. [CFP]
% Y k7 f9 C% h0 ]2 aWangzhihe Food Group, producer of the popular Chinese food bean curd under the brand name Wangzhihe, may get the trademark back in Germany tomorrow, when the Munich High Court makes a ruling, Vice-Minister of State Administration for Industry and Commerce Li Jianchang said.' n6 A2 W& }$ }+ M' T
The case dates back to July 2006, when the Chinese firm wanted to register in Germany, only to find that Germany-based OKAI had already registered its trademark.
" A5 K3 `& k. G8 Y. {, {Wangzhihe took OKAI to court in January 2007 after the two failed to reach an agreement. On Nov 14, 2007, a Munich court found OKAI guilty of trademark infringement. But OKAI appealed to the Munich High Court in February, 2008,
8 c# u0 H$ r# B1 b: A2 z“This case tells us that Chinese companies should attach great importance to protecting their trademarks overseas, as in many counties, trademarks are registered on a first-come-first-served basis,” Li said./ S6 G) v3 k: B. t1 t; G
Chinese brands, especially old ones, are rush-registered overseas, forcing them to spend a lot buying back the trademarks.' u! T6 O; G4 ^1 n
“Last year Chinese companies registered more than 2,000 trademarks in overseas markets, bringing the total to 8,620 by the end of 2008,” Li said.
3 ^$ C$ I! [# r0 eAuthorities received 828,328 patent applications last year, up 19.4 percent year-on-year.+ A7 o3 b. U7 S/ Y* ]
By the end of last year, China received 4,853,506 patent applications, 2,501,268 of which were approved.
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