Xihua County Free Town Hu hot soup association will Jiaozuo City, more than 50 Hu hot soup store all sued to the court, Xihua County Free Town Hu hot soup association of the reason for the lawsuit is: Jiaozuo City, more than 50 Hu hot soup store did not go through their permission, unauthorized use of the "Free Town" trademark. more than 50 Hu hot soup store to use the free town of the three characters The defendant has been on the hot search. It is reported that Jiaozuo 40 to 50 Hu spicy soup store merchants suddenly received a court summons for infringement of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan!

Jiaozuo these merchants are very incomprehensible, "the whole of Henan so many stores, Zhengzhou, Pingdingshan, Luohe ...... If you say that the infringement, it can be more than a few hundred, thousands or even tens of thousands of families have, are going to charge this fee? This is not cutting leeks?"

Xihua County Free Town Hu Hot Spot Soup Association said in this regard, there is no cutting leeks. In fact, as early as 2003, "free town" on the registration of trademarks, before the laissez-faire management, did not go to the standardized operation, this year began to unify the rights. Although it seems reasonable, but this practice merchants and whether to buy it?

Thirty years ago, the concept of intellectual property rights, such as trademarks, patents, designs, etc., gradually popularized, and became the basic knowledge of the businessmen who enter the market should have. From the point of view of intellectual property protection, if the Hu Zhi Tang Association does legally own the trademark of the "town", naturally, they have the right to choose to resort to justice to protect their legitimate rights and interests.

The Xihua County Free Town Hot Spot Soup Association has given these store owners the following statement ---- If the matter is resolved privately, the store owners can pay them 5,000 yuan; if they still want to continue to use the word "Free Town", each store should pay them an annual management fee of 1,000 yuan, or else they will wait for the court to make a decision.

So before registering a trademark, you must do a good job of searching for similar trademarks. Trademarks are the outward manifestation of a brand, whether it is a big company or a small store, you should go through a trademark search to find out if there are any identical or similar prior trademarks, doing so will greatly reduce the risk of trademark registration.