Hörmann Trademark Infringement

Companies were Prosecuted Trademark Infringement by Hörmann, Claimed for Compensation of 3 Million Yuan

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 Hörmann Trademark Infringement

Hebei Huoman Doors Co. Ltd., Renqiu Bolang Doors Co. Ltd., and Beijing Baidu Inc. were prosecuted trademark infringement by Hörmann in illegally using the identification Hörmann Doors in their promotions and advertisement without permission, which were required to stop the infringement and claimed for compensation of 3 million Yuan. Nowadays, the case was accepted by the People’s Court of Beijing Haidian District.

According to the petition of the plaintiff, it has been authorized for the registered trademarks hormann and 霍曼 since April 11, 2000, which are approved for use in metal doors, non-metal windows and metal gates. After related investigation, the confusingly similar trademarks 霍曼门业 and Huoman and domain name were prominently used in the business operation for promotion and advertisement of Beijing Huoman Doors Co.  Ltd., which could be found on the search engine Baidu with the keywords 霍曼门业 and hormann.

It was thought by the plaintiff that the act of using the registered trademark without permission of the plaintiff by Hebei Huoman Doors Co. Ltd., had constituted trademark infringement. Meanwhile, it confused the public in its unauthorized enterprise code as Hebei Huoman Doors Co. Ltd., and prominently used the advertising diction that Hebei  Huoman Doors Co.  Ltd., is attached to Hörmann Beijing Door Production Co. Ltd., which constituted unfair competition. On the other hand, Renqiu Bolang Doors Co. Ltd., as the manufacturer and Beijing Baidu Inc. as the promotion party should also bear related responsibilities.The case is still in process at present.

 

 

May 8, 2019

Source: bjhdfy.chinacourt.gov

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