No. As early as 2016, Jiangzhong Group issued a statement on this matter.
Jiangzhong Group issued the following statement:
1. Brand products such as "Jiangzhong Anke" and "Jiangzhong Health" are not products of Jiangzhong Group. Jiangzhong Group There are no sub-brands or subsidiaries such as "Jiangzhong Anke" and "Jiangzhong Health".
2. Companies such as "Jiangzhong Anke" and "Jiangzhong Health" have produced many products with the "Jiangzhong" brand. Jiangzhong Group is taking various measures (including legal means) to stop them. The above situation occurs.
3. The "Jiangzhong" trademark is a well-known trademark in China, and Jiangzhong Group is a national high-tech enterprise. No matter in terms of innovative research and development, intelligent manufacturing, green environmental protection, etc., major media have visited the company for in-depth interviews many times and received unanimous praise.
4. Jiangzhong Group welcomes media supervision, but hopes to communicate with the company before reporting to understand the truth and avoid unnecessary human harm to the company due to unclear situations.
This is a statement.
Jiangxi Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd.
December 19, 2016
Extended information:
Jiangzhong Group Trademark dispute
Jiangzhong Group’s statement said: “Enterprises such as ‘Jiangzhong Anke’ and ‘Jiangzhong Health’ have produced many products with the “Jiangzhong” brand. Jiangzhong Group is taking Various measures (including legal means) will be taken to prevent the above situation from happening.”
In 2015, Jiangzhong Group accused five companies, including Sanjiu Enterprise Group, of infringing the packaging and decoration of Jiangzhong Hougu biscuits. Go to court. The person in charge of Jiangzhong also publicly stated: "There are far more counterfeit products on the market than the above five."
The food trademark registered by Jiangzhong Group is "Hougu", and many of the products including Jiangzhong Anke The merchant uses "Monkey Mushroom" as the product name, so Jiangzhong Group does not have a registered trademark for the word "Monkey Mushroom".
According to public information, Jiangzhong Group was formerly an enterprise run by Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine School, and was later placed under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Jiangxi Province. Jiangzhong Anke is also a school-owned enterprise of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It was restructured from Jiangzhong Beverage Factory in 2006.
During the restructuring in 2004, the pharmaceutical and food categories of the "Jiangzhong" trademark were under the name of Jiangzhong Group; the health products and beverage categories were under the name of Jiangzhong Anke Company, a subsidiary of Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
To sum up, Jiangzhong Anke has the legal right to use the "Jiangzhong" trademark and is authorized to produce food bearing the "Jiangzhong" trademark. In other words, from a legal perspective, Jiangzhong Anke does not have any infringement.
According to the official website of Jiangzhong Anke, Jiangxi Jiangzhong Anke Technology Co., Ltd. is a school-owned enterprise of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Jiangzhong Anke relies on the strong scientific research strength of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine... and is committed to the development, Produce health foods that promote human health. On its official website, Jiangzhong Anke's products include "Nutritional Biscuits - Monkey Mushroom Yam", "Teething Sticks - Monkey Mushroom Yam", etc.
Jiangzhong Group began to undergo mixed shareholding reform in 2010. However, after the mixed shareholding reform, according to the Shanghai Securities News, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine held 2.186 shares of Jiangzhong Group. Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is also the legal person of Jiangxi Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. (Jiangzhong Group) and Jiangxi Jiangzhong Anke Technology Co., Ltd. (Jiangzhong Anke).
On the official website of Jiangzhong Encore, the reporter also found a statement related to Jiangzhong Group. The statement pointed out that individual dealers intercepted photos of national leaders inspecting Jiangzhong Group and used them to promote the company. Any actions committed by individuals have nothing to do with the company and will be held legally responsible.
In response to Jiangzhong Group’s statement, brand marketing expert Lu Shengzhen told reporters that due to historical reasons, the use of trademarks is in a state where one trademark is used by multiple people. This phenomenon is widespread in the industry exists, so whether rice noodles or other products, as long as they use Jiangzhong’s trademark or similar trademarks, they have an inseparable relationship with Jiangzhong Group.
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