On August 12, Guangzhou businessman Zhan Baosheng released the official website of the Tesla brand he applied for registration 6 years ago, and said that "more new models will be released in the next few months." However, three days later, the hastily launched and crude website could no longer be opened, and Zhan Baosheng disappeared silently.
Currently, Zhan Baosheng is the founder of a cosmetics sales website. Because the same trademark as the American luxury electric car brand Tesla was registered in China, when Tesla was preparing to enter the Chinese market and negotiate for trademark transfer, Zhan Baosheng was questioned for "blackmailing" Tesla of 200 million yuan. .
American Tesla and Zhan Baosheng have been in contact for 10 months, but because they could not agree on the price, no substantial progress was made. Tesla chose a variety of methods including legal, administrative and name changes to put pressure on Zhan Baosheng.
By building an official website and forming a new energy vehicle Tesla team, Zhan Baosheng avoided the "suspicion of maliciously registered trademarks" that might be caught by Tesla in the United States. On August 19, Zhan Baosheng’s Tesla official website was launched again. Although the appearance of the website was revamped, the actual content did not increase, and it was still impossible to tell whether it was an operating automobile company.
"Under the pressure of media public opinion and other aspects, he seems to be unable to withstand it. I haven't seen him in the past few days. He may have new contact with Tesla in the United States." A student familiar with Zhanbao people said.
A person from a foreign trade company in Guangzhou who has done business with Zhan Baosheng commented that Zhan Baosheng is not a peaceful person. In addition to running his own company, he began to register trademarks and domain names many years ago and resell them. He is "a high-profile person and likes to shout slogans."