The Zhongshan Little Duck trademark is a copycat.
The word "shanzhai" once meant "castle in the mountains", but now it is used to refer to all counterfeit products that are imitated, copied, and plagiarized.
Zhongshan Xiaoya Home Appliance Co., Ltd. was established in September 2003. The company is located in Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan City. The nature of the company is a limited liability company (natural person investment or holding). The company's main business scope is the production, sales, and research and development of various types of home appliances and accessories. Its shareholders include Jinan Washing Machine Factory. ?
Shandong Xiaoya Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 1979. It is a large state-owned enterprise group. It is the first drum washing machine manufacturer in Asia and one of the first batch of "China Famous Trademarks" and "China Famous Trademarks" in the country. famous brand". In 1978, it was identified as one of the six major washing machine production bases in the country. In 1984, Asia's first drum washing machine "Duckling Sangio" was produced.
On the official website of Shandong Xiaoya Group, you can see its subordinate branches, including Shandong Xiaoya retail equipment, group home appliances, precision machinery, washing machines, small household appliances, energy technology, electromechanical equipment, etc., and there are no Zhongshan duck.
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"Little duck, little duck is croaking", this advertising slogan was once well-known in Jinan. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Little Duck washing machine became famous for a while. However, it has experienced After being listed, delisted, and reorganized, Xiaoya washing machines once faded from people's sight. However, a trademark infringement case once again pushed "Little Duck" into people's attention.
In June 2012, the Jinan Intermediate People's Court made a civil ruling: the defendant Zhongshan Xiaoya Home Appliance Co., Ltd. immediately stopped infringing the exclusive rights of the plaintiff Jinan Washing Machine Factory's registered trademark. Although the law provides a clear answer to the "Little Duck" trademark dispute, the "Little Duck" washing machines and electric baking pans produced by Zhongshan Xiaoya Home Appliance Co., Ltd. are prominently marked with the words "Shandong Little Duck Group". Appliances are still flooding the market.
“Zhongshan Xiaoya Home Appliance Co., Ltd. is not a company funded and established by Shandong Xiaoya Group Co., Ltd., and its sales labels highlight the use of 'Shandong Xiaoya Group' washing machines and Shandong Xiaoya Group Co., Ltd. There is no relationship." Wang Zinan, deputy general manager of Shandong Xiaoya Group Co., Ltd., said in an interview with a reporter from Shandong Business Daily.
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhongshan Xiaoya Home Appliances
Xiaoya Group Official Website-Company Profile