Lululemon Won RMB 1 Million In Damages

The Meizhou Intermediate Court of Guangdong concluded a first-instance judgment on the trademark infringement dispute between Canada Lululemon Sports Goods Co., Ltd. ("Lululemon") and an individual Zhang. The court ordered Zhang to immediately stop trademark infringement and compensate Lululemon for economic losses of RMB 1 million (approx. USD139,446).

The court found that Lululemon owns registered trademarks such as "," "LULULEMON", "Lu Lu Le Mon in Chinese," and "ALIGN." The said trademarks are registered and valid and shall be protected by the law.

In this case, the alleged infringing goods were identical or similar to those for which Lululemon has the exclusive right to use registered trademarks. The promotional information of the accused online shop and the logos of "Lu Lu Le Mon in Chinese," "LULULEMON," "," and "ALIGN" used on the relevant goods all serve to identify the source of the goods, which constituted trademark use. The said marks used by Zhang