Facebook has been awarded a “rare trademark victory” against a local firm in China.
As The Fashion Law reports, the social networking site won against Zhongshan Pearl River Drinks, whose trademark application, filed in 2011, aimed to register the “face book” trademark and hoped to use it with certain foods and drinks.
The court found that this was too obvious an act of copying and amounts to unfair competition.
Copyright attorneys in Bangkok Chaninat and Leeds are experts in Thai intellectual property law.
The win “may offer a glimmer of hope for brands, including fashion ones, which have struggled with China and its residents’ exceptionally widespread intellectual property infringement practices.”
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