ESCO wins trademark suit
Beijing High People's Court has entered a second instance decision that a Ningbo-based company infringed a US-based company ESCO's trademark. ESCO is primarily engaged in manufacturing and selling machine parts and has a representative office in Beijing. ESCO applied for registration of its trademark ESCO to the Trademark Office under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in September and October 1993 and obtained registration numbers 659425 and 663565. ESCO would later extend the terms of the registrations to 2013.
In September 2007, ESCO found the Ningbo-based company manufactured bucket teeth, tine plates and other parts with ESCO labels on sale in Beijing. After gathering evidence, it filed a suit at Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court and sought 200,000 yuan in damages.
(Source: China Daily)
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