If you like a unique restaurant, you must have a music restaurant-Walnut Lane, which integrates music, food, wine and performance, and becomes a restaurant with more cultural flavor than a bar, and provides cost-effective drinks and food. Because of its unique style, it also has certain consumer groups in the market, but it is precisely because of this that it will be troubled by imitation.
Recently, Taizhou Intermediate People's Court issued a judgment document on Juhuli's rights protection, and a restaurant in Taixing was awarded compensation of 1.2 million yuan for trademark infringement and unfair competition.
In fact, the thing is this, starting from 20 15. 201565438+1October 14, Guo Yufang, Shenzhen registered and obtained the registered trademark of Walnut Lane, which was approved for use in the 43rd category of goods, including banquets, cafes, restaurants, restaurants and bar services. On August 6, 20 16, Helong Company was granted the ownership of the above registered trademark.
In the following period, Helong Company successively registered a number of walnut trademarks, which were approved for use in the 43rd category of commodities, including residential agents (hotels, boarding houses for meals), restaurants, bar services, cafes, teahouses and so on. Then the turning point came. On June 6th, 2065438+07165438/KLOC-0, Bomou signed a management guidance contract with Shenzhen Walnut Music Culture Co., Ltd.. On May 9, 20 18, Walnut Lane in Taixing was established.
Until the termination of the Business Guidance Contract on May 3, 20 19, Taizhou Walnut still operated under its trademark. Taixing Walnut Inn went through the formalities of changing the name of the enterprise before 65438 on February 22 of the same year after confirming the termination of the management guidance contract of Walnut Inn. The font size of Walnut Inn shall not be used in the changed enterprise name, and the relevant logo of Walnut Inn shall not appear in the tavern involved.
However, Taixing Walnut changed its legal representative and continued to operate. Therefore, Helong Company sued Taixing Walnut for trademark infringement, claiming 200,000 yuan.
After the final trial, in August of 20021year, Taizhou Intermediate People's Court made a judgment on this case. The registered trademarks of the "Walnut Lane" series involved in the case have a high reputation, and the annual use fee of the registered trademarks involved exceeds 30,000 yuan. Combined with the business scale, infringement duration and subjective fault of Taixing Walnut Lane, it was determined that Taixing Walnut Lane compensated the Dragon Company for economic losses of 6.5438+0.2 million yuan.
In the end, the walnut trademark dispute ended here, and Taixing walnut, which was at fault first, was also punished accordingly. From this case, we can still know that registered trademarks are protected by law. The related category of the approved trademark in walnut belongs to the joint company, so the company finally won the case.