Burberry is a British luxury fashion house headquartered
in London. It designs and distributes ready to wear including
trench coats (for which it is most famous), leather goods,
footwear, etc. The most iconic Burberry check pattern has been in
use as a lining in its trench coats since 1920.
Recently, in the process of examining a trademark infringement
and unfair competition dispute, based on the request from the
plaintiff Burberry Limited, the Suzhou Intermediate People's
Court issued a rare preliminary injunction against defendants,
namely 1) Xinboli Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 2) Shentu Clothing
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 3) Kunshan Development Zone Peng Yazhong
Clothing Storeand 4) PENG Yazhong (natural person), which were
prohibited from using the alleged infringement trademarks to
conduct business operations.
