Liquidation is not like protecting the rights of merchants, but collecting protection fees. The Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup Association was established on November 8, 2004. However, the Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup is a food that the locals of Xiaoyao Town have eaten since ancient times. After the Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup Association registered the Xiaoyao Town trademark, it was suspected of "herding sheep" After it was revealed that businesses with trademarks were managed in a "style" manner, the government stopped the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup Association's rights protection actions. 1. Why was the Xiaoyao Town Hula Soup Association’s rights protection action stopped?

There are many reasons. The Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup Association said that the number of infringing merchants was too large, and it was reported that they were managing trademarks in a "sheep-herding style" and charging protection fees. For more than ten years after registering the trademark in Xiaoyao Town, the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup Association did not manage these infringing merchants. However, more than ten years later, it suddenly issued an infringement legal summons to all Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup merchants, demanding compensation. The fee or the fee to join the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup Association, in this way, the association can charge a very large amount of rights protection fees in a short period of time, and it is suspected of collecting protection fees and was stopped. 2. Why did the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup Association suffer a loss?

Because Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup is a food handed down from ancient times by the local people in Xiaoyao Town, everyone has the right to make Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup. It is not a food that can only be made by the Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup Association. However, the Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup Association's rights-defending behavior seemed to be seeking hegemony rather than safeguarding rights. Many businesses complained to the Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup Association, and the government stopped the Xiaoyao Town Hot and Spicy Soup Association's rights-defending actions. 3. Are the ordinary merchants of Hu Hot Soup in Xiaoyao Town infringing the law?

It does not constitute infringement, because the industry of Hu Spicy Soup in Xiaoyao Town was first established, and then the trademark of Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup was established. Many businesses use the name of Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup just to attract customers. Improving the name of food is a normal marketing of food, not an infringement. Summary

The way the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup Association uses trademark rights to protect its rights is actually to require merchants to pay protection fees in disguise. After being reported, the government stopped intervening in the matter. The final result of this matter should be that the court rejects the association’s rights protection document, and other merchants can continue to use the Xiaoyao Town Hu Hot Soup trademark.