Ms. Chen, who lives in Zhangqiu District, Jinan, said she received a call from the court and was informed that as the defendant, she would receive a court summons. Ms. Chen said: "I was a little confused for a moment. I didn't steal or rob, and I was accused without doing anything?" In fact, not only Ms. Chen's family, but also dozens of small supermarkets in Zhangqiu received similar summons. A woman in Jinan bought 10 packs of "drunkard peanuts" and sold them, and the convenience store was sued for 10,000 yuan

Ms. Chen opened a small supermarket in a village in Zhangqiu. She received a call from the Zhangqiu People's Court. , was informed that as the defendant, she would receive a court summons, Ms. Chen’s first reaction was that she had encountered a liar. "Later, the court called me again, asked me to prepare materials, and sent me a court hearing code. Only then did I know that I was really accused in court."

The cause of the incident was Ms. Chen's small shop selling " "Jiugui" peanuts, and the plaintiff is the holder of the "Jiugui" trademark, and Ms. Chen infringed the trademark. Ms. Chen said, “A long time ago, a customer mentioned that he wanted to eat Jiugui Peanuts, but there are no agents or delivery units in our area, so we can only order online. The goods were purchased online on May 4, 2020. I bought 10 packs in one day.”

According to the purchase screenshot provided by Ms. Chen, she purchased 10 packs of “Jiugui” on an e-commerce platform, with a total price of 70.02 yuan. Each pack is sold at in-store supermarkets for 9 yuan. Who knew that because of these 10 packets of Drunkard Peanuts, she would be sued in court and the other party would seek compensation of NT$10,000 from her. Why is it being claimed?

According to Ms. Chen, she was not the only one to be sued in court. More than 40 small shops in Zhangqiu were all defendants without their knowledge. "The legal firm entrusted by this company did not sue the infringing producers, but specifically targeted remote stores. A bag of peanuts sold for less than ten yuan, and a high compensation claim of tens of thousands of yuan was made. I feel that we have encountered a scam. "Job-like infringement prosecution..."

In order to verify Ms. Chen's statement of "work-like infringement prosecution", I checked the hearing announcement of the Zhangqiu People's Court and found that this company sued Zhangqiu in one go. There are 8 small supermarkets and shops at the township level in Qiuduo where court hearing announcements can be found. I searched for the company's legal proceedings and found that the entire page was about "trademark infringement disputes."

In order to learn more about the situation, I called the number shown on the official website of Sichuan Baishixing Food Industry Co., Ltd. The other party responded that they were after-sales customer service. When I asked about this, the other party told me, "This has been outsourced. Give it to the law firm. "Finally, I would like to ask what do you think of this matter?