"Furuta In Chinese" Has Established A Corresponding Relationship With "Furuta"

Recently, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court concluded a trademark infringement lawsuit between Furuta Food Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("Furuta Shanghai") and Ohisi International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("Ohisi"). The court held that the alleged infringing products s did not infringe upon Furuta Shanghai's trademark rights.

Furuta in Chinese

Furuta Japan has registered the "Furuta" mark in Japan and China, and Furuta Shanghai has registered the corresponding "Furuta in Chinese" mark in China. Neither of them has registered the "Furuta in Chinese" trademark in Japan, the country where the accused infringing products were exported. Both the accused infringing products and products bearing the "Furuta in Chinese" mark imported and sold by Furuda Shanghai originated from Furuta Japan. Ohisi used the "Furuda in Chinese" mark on Chinese labels of its imported products. Furuda Shanghai sued Ohisi for trademark infringement based on its "Furuta in