NEC trademark

The Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court recently entered the first instance decision for the infringement of NEC trademark and unfair competition. It ordered defendants Zhuhai Yuehua Electronic, Yuehua Technology and Shenzhen JEEJA Electronic to stop manufacturing and sales of infringing products and defendant Beijing Century Yuehua to cease sales of infringing products. The four defendants shall also indemnify NEC 1.15 million yuan in damages. Other claims of NEC are denied.

NEC registered its trademark in China in 1979. The Zhuhai Administration for Industry and Commerce imposed administrative enforcement against Zhuhai Yuehua Electronic and Yuehua Technology and destructed a large number of counterfeit NEC keyboards. NEC then sued the four defendants for serious quality defects of the counterfeit keyboards that damage its reputation.

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