1997, GPHL signed a trademark license contract with Hongdao group in Hong Kong, authorizing its subsidiary Jiaduobao Group to sell red cans of Wang Laoji in China, and then signed a contract in 2000, and both parties renewed the contract until May 2, 20 10. However, in August of 2000/kloc-0 and August of 2002, Li Yimin, former vice chairman of GPHL, accepted HK$ 10,000 from Chen Hongdao, chairman of Hongdao Group, respectively, and in June of 2002, both parties signed a supplementary agreement to extend the trademark renewal period to 20 1 3 years. In June 2003, Li Yimin received HK$ 6,543,800+from Chen Hongdao again, and signed a second supplementary agreement in the same month, agreeing to extend the lease term of Wang Laoji trademark to 2020.
Now, Li Yimin has been sentenced for accepting bribes, and Chen Hongdao has been released on bail and has not been arrested. However, Wang Laoji's trademark was rented to Hongdao Group at a low price. From 2000 to 20 1 1, the trademark use fee of GPHL only increased by 560,000 yuan.
"GPHL is a state-owned enterprise and Wang Laoji is a state-owned asset. The incident has been suspected of the loss of state-owned assets. " The case agent of GPHL said in an interview with the reporter of New Express yesterday that he had been negotiating with Hongdao Group since 2008, but failed. 20 10 On August 30th, GPHL sent a lawyer's letter to Hongdao Group, claiming that the two supplementary agreements signed by Li Yimin were invalid.
On October 20 10 10, GPHL started the trademark evaluation procedure of Wang Lao Ji. At that time, the brand value of Wang Laoji was also evaluated as10801500 million yuan, and now it ranks as the first brand in China.
On April 20 1 1, GPHL filed an arbitration request with Maozhong and provided relevant information; In May, Wang Laoji filed a trademark case and decided to open the court at the end of September of that year; Later, due to Hongdao Group's failure to respond to the lawsuit, the court session was postponed to 201kloc-0/65438+February 29, but the arbitration on that day did not produce results.
20 12 1 month, both parties supplement all materials and fix February 10 for arbitration; However, considering the trademark value of Wang Laoji, Mao Zhong suggested that both parties mediate and postpone the arbitration time for another three months to May 10. However, because the mediation conditions proposed by Hongdao Group were based on the validity of the supplementary contract, GPHL could not accept them, and the mediation failed.
On may 12, 1 1 day, GPHL received the award of China international economic and trade arbitration commission dated may 9, 20 12. The trade arbitration decided that GPHL and Jiaduobao's parent company Hongdao (Group) Co., Ltd. signed the Supplementary Agreement on the Trademark License of Wang Lao Ji and the Supplementary Agreement on the Trademark License of Wang Lao Ji and Hongdao (Group) Co., Ltd. Stop Using the Trademark of Wang Lao Ji. The award is final and takes effect as of the date it is made.