One, Henan famous snacks were sued for infringement, and Hu spicy soup in Xiaoyao Town of Zhengzhou was also implicated. More than 50 Xiaoyao Town Hulatang in Jiaozuo, Henan Province received a court summons because their signboards quoted the word "Xiaoyao Town", because these three words were registered as trademarks by Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association, which was an infringement. If you want to continue to use Xiaoyao Town, you have to pay a membership fee of 1000 yuan, otherwise you have to pay an infringement fee of 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. The reporter visited the Hu spicy soup shop in Xiaoyao Town, Zhengzhou. Many shopkeepers said that they had not received the relevant notice or summons from the association and were still in normal business. However, the prosecution is still going on, and they may be prosecuted after a while.
Second, you can't use "Xiaoyao Town" indiscriminately when opening a shop. The signboard was registered as a trademark by an association. Many businesses say this practice is incomprehensible. They have been selling Hu spicy soup under the signboard of "Xiaoyao Town" for more than ten years, and nothing has happened. Suddenly, they received a summons from the court to sue for infringement. Merchants are at a loss. What should we do? The trademark of Xiaoyao Town was registered by Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association in 2003. If the merchants who trade products with Hu spicy soup infringe, the association ignores the behavior of the merchants at that time in order to let them join the association, manage and operate the unified association, and make the production of the merchants more standardized, hoping to make this signboard bigger and stronger.
3. Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup will be extinct in the Jianghu, and many shops changed their signs overnight. According to the reporter's investigation, Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup Association has registered many trademarks related to Xiaoyao Town, including not only Hu Spicy Soup, but also pies and cereal products. The "Xiaoyao Town" infringement incident caused a hot discussion on the whole network. Many netizens said that many famous specialties were named after place names, such as Shaxian snack, Beijing roast duck and West Lake Longjing. Why is only "Xiaoyao Town Hot Soup" accused of infringement? In desperation, many merchants removed the signboard of "Xiaoyao Town".
To sum up, Xiaoyao Town Hulatang Association expressed its hope to conduct unified and standardized operation of all businesses, improve service quality and create a win-win situation for * * *. However, because of the conflict between the association and the merchants in the communication process, the contradiction has intensified. In fact, not only Xiaoyao Town Hu Spicy Soup was infringed, but once "Dezhou Braised Chicken" and "Liuting Pig's Foot" all triggered trademark infringement lawsuits. It is true that the association can claim the exclusive right to use a trademark, but it should consider the actual situation and cannot crack down on it on a large scale.