Who wins and who loses in trademark competition!
We all know that a trademark is used by a trademark registrant and only the trademark registrant has the right to use the trademark. This trademark is protected by law, and we all know that trademarks are not allowed to be compared with similar trademarks, and the characters are similar in font, pronunciation and meaning. At present, there are more and more trademarks, and problems such as approximation, similarity, cybersquatting, etc. appear one by one. As we all know, trademarks are not so easy to register, and the waiting time is long. Some enterprises' applications for registered trademarks are rejected and not passed, and many people don't understand why. I think most people have used some taxi software that is convenient for travel. We often have Uber, Didi Taxi, Easy Taxi and Didi Taxi, which were once called Didi Taxi, but Didi thinks Didi Taxi is the same as its own trademark. Let's take a look at these two trademarks: Didi Taxi and Didi Taxi. Now we think the two have already constituted similarity. Didi complained that the trademark of Didi taxi was the same, and Didi took Didi taxi to court. (I am already stupid and confused! The initial service name of Xiaoju Technology Co., Ltd. was Didi Taxi, and later it was renamed Didi Taxi, which was suspected of plagiarism. Didi taxi service is a typical communication service, and it also involves services such as selling and transmitting business information for taxi drivers, which overlaps with the plaintiff's service content. Therefore, it appealed to the court and requested to order Xiaoju Company to stop the infringement, delete the word Didi from its website and taxi software, and issue a public statement to eliminate the influence. From the appearance point of view, the text and picture logo of Didi taxi have strong significance, which is obviously different from the plaintiff's Didi text logo; From the point of view of substantive goods or services, Didi taxi connects drivers and passengers by telephone network to achieve the purpose of smooth transportation, which is also significantly different from the plaintiff's Didi telecom service platform. Therefore, the plaintiff claimed that the trademark infringement of Didi taxi naturally could not get the support of the court. Li Changxu, an attorney for Didi taxi, responded that Didi taxi is a combination of the words Didi and taxi and graphics, which does not constitute infringement, nor does it cause losses or illegal profits to the other party. We think everyone is confused by Didi taxi and Didi taxi. Because of this, Didi taxi Xiaoju Technology Co., Ltd. applied to the Trademark Office for submitting the trademark application for the combination of graphics and characters of Didi taxi, and Didi taxi successfully passed the preliminary examination of the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and made an announcement. Subsequently, Xiaoju Technology started the brand name change preparation procedure, and finally officially changed its name to Didi Taxi. Why did Didi taxi change its name? Because Didi sued Didi for taking a taxi, he asked Xiaoju Technology Co., Ltd. to stop using it and compensate 8 million yuan. In this regard, I think we can take Didi, Didi taxi as a lesson to avoid unnecessary losses, unnecessary follow-up cumbersome things and unnecessary money!