L'OCCITANE Alleges CAMENAE over Trademark Infringement

L’OCCITANE sued Guangzhou Meiyue Cosmetics, Guangzhou Jinyue Trading Company and a Beijing department store for infringing L’OCCITANE’s trademark and sought 500,000 yuan in damages after discovering counterfeit L’OCCITANE products for sale. L’OCCITANE obtained the “NO. G887132” trademark in May 2006. “CAMENAE Lavender Essential Oils”, which were sold at the Beijing department store, not only used a similar trademark, but it also used the natural produce symbols granted by the French Standardization Association. In response, the defendants claimed Jinyue had filed a design application of the product and package that did not infringe L’OCCITANE’s trademark.

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