On Jan. 4, 2022, Zhejiang High People's Court issued a
new judgment, of which ruled that the plaintiff, Shenzhen Times
Weike Soldering Technology Co., Ltd. ("Plaintiff"),
exercised its trademark rights in this case in an improper way and
contrary to the principle of good faith, thus the defendant,
Zhejiang Laston Technology Co., Ltd. ("Defendant"), did
not infringe the exclusive right to use the disputed trademark by
its OEM behavior. [Case No. (2021) Zhe Min Sheng No.4890].
In this case, Plaintiff was the Chinese trademark owner of No.
10121635 "STAHLWERK". It started a litigation against the
Defendant, claiming its use of "STAHLWERK" logo in OEM
behavior constituted trademark infringement. On the other side,
Defendant claimed that the Plaintiff is a trademark squatter,
therefore its trademark right shall not be protected. Facially
speaking this case sided with the OEM party, which seemed in
contrary to jurisprudence made in HONDA and DONG FENG of which the
court
