China Court Network News Lao Chengyi (Beijing) Hotel Management Co., Ltd. and its shareholders are the rights holders of the "Lao Chengyi" word trademark and the "sheep bone graphic" graphic trademark, and they have authorized the two trademarks for 130 This restaurant is used to operate "Laocheng Yiguo" sheep and scorpion hotpot. Recently, the company discovered that Mr. Zhang was using the same "sheep bone graphic" and similar words "Laocheng Yiguo" on the signboard of the restaurant he operates. For this reason, Laochengyi Company filed a lawsuit in court and asked Mr. Zhang to immediately stop the infringement. and compensation for losses. Recently, the Fengtai District People's Court of Beijing organized an exchange of evidence between the two parties. Laochengyi Company claimed that it is the exclusive owner of the registered trademark "Laochengyi" and that it has authorized 130 restaurants to use the registered trademark to operate "Laochengyiguo" sheep and scorpion hotpot. The trademark has extremely high The brand effect currently has a high reputation in Beijing and more than ten provinces and cities including Liaoning, Tianjin and Shaanxi. Last year, the company discovered that Mr. Zhang had used the "sheep bone icon" for which its shareholders had exclusive trademark rights without authorization on the signboard of a restaurant he operated, and also used the words "Laocheng Yiguo" similar to his "Laochengyi" trademark on the signboard. "The color, text and graphic combination of the sign are similar to the sign of the "Laocheng Yiguo" Sheep Xiezi hotpot restaurant authorized by the company, which is enough to cause confusion among consumers. Its behavior infringes on trademark rights and constitutes unfair competition. . Therefore, the company went to court and demanded that Mr. Zhang immediately stop infringement and compensate for losses of more than 56,000 yuan. At the same time, two shareholders of Lao Chengyi Company, as the rights holders of the "Sheep Bone Graphic" trademark, also sued Mr. Zhang to court on the grounds of trademark infringement, demanding that he immediately stop the infringement and compensate for losses of 55,000 yuan. During the exchange of evidence, Mr. Zhang's attorney stated that the words "Laocheng Yiguo" used on his restaurant's signboard were not similar to the "Laochengyi" trademark, and the sheep bone graphic was a graphic for a general product, which was a fair use, and They have also changed their signage. In addition to submitting evidence to prove the popularity of its trademark and the notarized facts of infringement, the attorney of Lao Chengyi Company also proposed that when he went to Mr. Zhang’s restaurant for dinner at noon, he found that the infringing logo was still used on the chopstick packaging used by the restaurant, and submitted to the court Physical evidence. Currently, this case is under further review.