Trademark Infringement Of Adidas Wuhan V. Adi Wang

In June 11th, Adidas Limited (hereinafter referred to as Adidas) v. Hua Zhu (Quanzhou) Footwear Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huazhu company), Adi Wang sporting goods (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Adi Wang company) and individual industrial and commercial households, Qian's infringement of registered trademark exclusive rights and unfair competition cases were held at the twenty-fourth court of Wuhan intermediate people's court in Hubei province.

The trial lasted for nearly 2 days, due to the large number of evidence submitted by the original defendants.

It is understood that the first defendant, Qian Mou, used a logo marked "ADI" and "Adivon" in the prominent location of his store, and the above logo was also used in shoes, clothing and other related products sold in the store.

The manufacturers of these products are Hua Zhu company and Adi Wang company.

According to Adidas Corp., Hua Zhu company and Ardi - king company also use a lot of torts logo on their website and carry out related business activities.

In response, Adidas asked the Wuhan intermediate people's court to decide that the 3 defendants' acts constituted a violation of their exclusive right to use the registered trademark, while the defendant's use of the word "Adi Wang" constituted unfair competition, and the 3 defendants were sentenced to compensate for the economic losses of 500 thousand yuan.

On the morning of June 11th, the court conducted evidence mainly from Adidas, and the 3 defendants conducted cross examination respectively.

Adidas mainly submitted to the court its trademark of "Adidas", "Adidas" and other words and trademarks, and the "three bar" graphic trademark, which has the exclusive right to use on twenty-fifth kinds of clothing, shoes and other commodities. It points out that the "ADI" and "Adivon" signs used by the defendant cause the confusion of the public, and demonstrates the evidence of the defendant's infringement in court.

In the afternoon, 3 defendants were cited to testify.

The evidence provided by the defendant shows that the company currently enjoys the exclusive right to use "Adivon" character trademarks on twenty-fifth categories of commodities, and its "Adi Wang" business name is approved and registered by the relevant industry and Commerce Department, and its behavior does not constitute infringement.

During the process of proof and cross examination, the two sides held a debate on some issues in court. The chief judge had to remind several times that the two sides only need to explain the three nature of the evidence without debate.

In June 12th, the case entered the court debate stage, and the two sides mainly debated the subject of rights, the facts of infringement and the amount of compensation.

It is worth noting that in the trial process, Adidas company described the infringement logo of Adi Wang company as "three bars", while Adi Wang insisted that the logo was "inverted F triangle".

After the trial, the court did not pronouncement the sentence in court.