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RouseMai [email protected] the end of 2008 the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court ruled against a famous US footwear and apparel maker in a trade…

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Mai Lin
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At the end of 2008 the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court ruled against a famous US footwear and apparel maker in a trade mark infringement action it brought against a Chinese shoe factory located in Wenling, a small coastal city 300 kilometres south of Shanghai.

The US shoemaker registered its logo in mainland China in 1993. Last year, it learned that Chinese supermarket chain Hangzhou Wu-mart was selling sports shoes bearing the logo.

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