BEIJING, China (AFP) — Basketball mega-star Michael Jordan won part of his trademark suit against a China-based sportswear company Thursday, following a years-long struggle for control over the rights to his Chinese name. In a ruling by the Chinese Supreme Court, Qiaodan Sports Co, based in southeastern Fujian province, must stop using the Chinese characters “Qiaodan” on its merchandise, according to a transcript of court records posted on an official website. The word is a Chinese […]
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Facebook wins China trademark suit
BEIJING, China (AFP) — US social network Facebook has won a trademark case in China against a local company, state media reported Monday, weeks after a court ruled against tech giant Apple in a similar suit over its iPhone brand. China’s trademark authorities in 2014 approved an application by a beverage factory to register the brand “face book” for products such as drinks and potato crisps, state broadcaster China Central Television’s English channel said on a […]





