A few days ago, Soda Green’s name was changed to Yudingshi, which sparked heated discussions on Weibo’s hot searches. Later I found out that it was all true. Due to copyright disputes, Soda Green has officially changed its logo, and the group we accompanied in our youth will have a new look and fan club.
Who is Soda Green? Even if you don’t know Soda Green, you must have heard of “Little Love Song”. Sodagreen is a famous band in Taiwan, the lead singer is Wu Qingfeng. It was established in 2001, established a six-member lineup in 2003, and made its debut in May 2004. Although they are scheduled to resign from the team in 2017 and return this year after three years, the logo change is imminent. He filed a copyright lawsuit with his mentor Lin Zhe, and the right to use the name Soda Green also became an issue. In February this year, Sodagreen reunited at lead singer Wu Qingfeng's Little Arena and released a new song, announcing their official return. Due to the unblocking of copyright issues, I took apart the green color of Soda, renamed the string "糸", and announced the concert at the end of the month.
In Article 8 of my country’s Trademark Law, any sign, text, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs, Combinations of colors, sounds, etc., as well as combinations of these elements are subject to trademark regulations and can be applied for. In other words, economic stage names that are different from other economic stage names can be registered as trademarks.
Is there any conflict between trademark rights, name and stage name?
Basketball superstar Michael Jeffrey Jordan and China's Jordan Sports Goods Company have launched a series of disputes over the Jordan series trademarks. This series of disputes established three conditions for the name of a natural person to be protected by trademark law: the specific name should have a certain degree of popularity and be known to the relevant public; the relevant public should use the specific name to refer to the natural person; Establish a stable corresponding relationship with natural persons. Trademark rights held by a management company cannot fully compete with name rights. In other words, the exclusive right to use a trademark is limited to the commercial field and cannot be used absolutely and exclusively.
Article 20 of the "Several Provisions on Brand Authorization and Confirmation of Administrative Matters Trial by the Supreme People's Court" first establishes the conditions for the protection of name rights, which refers to disputes involving damage to the name rights of a trademark claimed by the parties, and the same brand as the public name. The natural person of the mark, the mark is likely to be related to the natural person of the brand's goods, and the natural person's permission and the existence of the natural person, if there is no specific contact with the people's court to recognize it, will damage the name right of the natural person of the brand.
The party claimed the right to name with a specific name such as a pen name, stage name, translated name, etc. The specific name has a certain degree of popularity and has established a stable corresponding relationship with the natural person. The relevant public expressed that it is a natural person, and the people's court supports it. After the farewell, the stage name established a stable correspondence with the natural person. When I saw the three words Soda Green, I remembered that sound. There are six unique bands, and the artist can use the stage name on any occasion.