1. Why was the activism of Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association stopped? There are many reasons. Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association said that there were too many infringing businesses, and people reported that they were "herding sheep" management trademarks and received protection fees. Registered the trademark of Xiaoyao Town for more than ten years, and Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association didn't care about these infringing businesses. After more than ten years, all the merchants of Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup were suddenly issued with infringement legal summons, demanding compensation for expenses or joining Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup Association. In this way, the association can collect a very large amount of rights protection fees in a short period of time, and it was stopped because it was suspected of collecting protection fees.
2. Why did Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association lose money? Because Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup is a food handed down by Xiaoyao Town locals since ancient times, everyone has the right to make Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup, which is not only the food that Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup Association can cook. However, the rights protection behavior of Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association seems to be overbearing, not defending rights, which has caused many merchants to complain about Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association, and the government stopped the rights protection action of Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association.
Third, is the ordinary merchant of Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup infringing? It does not constitute infringement, because there was the industry of Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup first, and then there was the trademark of Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup. Many merchants use the name of Xiaoyaozhen Hu spicy soup only to attract tourists and improve the name of food, which belongs to the normal marketing of food and does not belong to infringement.
To sum up, Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association uses trademarks to protect rights, which actually requires merchants to pay protection fees in disguise. After being reported, the government no longer intervened in this matter. The result of this last incident should be that the court rejected the association's rights protection documents, and other businesses can continue to use the Xiaoyao Town Hulatang trademark.