A large number of Roujiamo merchants have become defendants because of the use of the word "Tongguan". What is even more outrageous is that they have been sued for 99,800 yuan! This case is actually similar to the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup case, but their natures are absolutely different.

1. This matter is different in nature from the spicy soup in Xiaoyao Town

Recently, a large-scale roujiamo merchant has become a hot search topic because of its use of the word "Tongguan". Due to the lawsuit filed by the Tongguan Roujiamo Association, the owner of the word "Tongguan", nearly 200 Roujiamo merchants were sued to the court. But this matter is completely different from the nature of Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup. The trademark holder in the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup case is a specific merchant, which means that Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup is an ordinary The trademark, Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup, cannot be subject to cross-regional trademark litigation, because the reputation of Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup is not that great; but in the lawsuit filed by the Tongguan Roujiamo Association, the Tongguan Roujiamo Association is a social organization , which means that the trademark Tongguan is a collective trademark, and this kind of collective trademark can be litigated nationwide.

The nature of the rights protection of the Roujiamo merchants due to the word Tongguan and the trademark holder of Xiaoyao Town Hu spicy soup are completely different. The essence is that Xiaoyao Town Hu spicy soup is a specific common trademark, while Tongguan Roujiamo What the association holds is a collective trademark.

2. These two cases have two similarities

Although the two cases are completely different in nature, they also have similarities. First, the Tongguan Roujiamo Association Suing more than 200 Tongguan Roujiamo merchants is obviously a trademark lawsuit similar to the Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup case, and the purpose is to protect their trademark rights. Secondly, this lawsuit is also to confirm the exclusive trademark rights of the trademark nationwide. Judging from the ultimate goals and effects achieved in these two cases, they do have similarities.

3. Summary

Based on the above, the Tongguan Roujiamo Association sued a large number of merchants and the Xiaoyao Town Hu spicy soup case are actually different in nature. After all, the focus of their disputes may be Not the same.