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Court Rules Local Electrical Firm's TM Similar to VOLVO

2018/09/28

The dispute is between the Sweden- based VOLVO Trademark Holding AB and Volok Electrical Co,. Ltd in Zhejiang Province of China over the trademark “VOLOK沃尔科”. Recently, Beijing High People’s court made a final judgment, held that No.9047759 trademark “VOLOK沃尔科” (trademark in dispute) had constituted similarity with No.1981782 "VOLVO" (cited TM1) and No.4664260 “沃尔沃” (cited TM2) on the same or similar products. The judgment brought the 3-year-long dispute to an end and upheld the decision invalidating the trademark in dispute made by Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB).

Source: China IP News

 




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