Shiseido lawsuit
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court recently accepted two cases in which cosmetics maker Shiseido Co Ltd sued five defendants for trademark infringement and unfair competition. The five defendants included Shanghai Jingdian Cosmetics Co Ltd, Shanghai Roumey Bio-Technology Co Ltd, Shanghai Xiaoxian Meiye Bio-Technology Co Ltd, Li Wei and Ma Yan.
Shiseido Co Ltd registered the trademarks "Shiseido" and "Zishengtang" in Chinese in China and said its cosmetics enjoy a good reputation throughout the world. The defendant companies, Shanghai Jingdian, Shanghai Roumey and Shanghai Xiaoxian, were successively established by the couple Li Wei and Ma Yan. The three companies used the marks "Shidoas" and "Zishengtangyazi" on the cosmetics they manufactured. In addition, Ma Yan also registered a company in Hong Kong with the trade name as " Zishengtangyazi."
Shiseido requested the five defendants to stop the infringement, publish an apology in newspapers and pay 1.89 million yuan in compensation.
(Source: China Daily)
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