LV Set Off A Counterfeiting Storm In Dongguan

Approaching "4. 26" World Intellectual Property Day "Internationally renowned luxury brand LV set off a fake holiday storm in Dongguan. For sale on suspicion of 4 LV Wallet 1 bags and 1 bags. Nanbei Garden Hotel Dongguan was taken to court by LV, claiming $3 million, involving 10 cases.

Yesterday, the first case in the series was held in the first people's Court of Dongguan. The North South Garden Hotel denied that the LV package was sold.

　 10 cases were prosecuted and 3 million were claimed.

The plaintiff, L V, said that in April 2010, the company found that in the Garden Hotel lobby of the north and south of Dongguan, the shop named "brand Xuan" sold a lot of suitcases, handbags and purse goods that infringed its trademark exclusive rights. Including 4 fake LV purses, 1 bags, 1 bags, a total of more than 3000 yuan. In real LV products, the two red purses suspected of infringement have no corresponding products, and the other two corresponding items are priced at 2950 yuan and 6050 yuan respectively, the price of the bags is 11400 yuan, and the price of the bags is 20600 yuan. The 6 fake LV products involved have infringed the 4 trademarks of "Louis V uittonM alletier", "LV", petal pattern and cross square pattern, and 3 categories of wallets, bags and bags. Therefore, LV company has divided the infringing act into 10 series of cases, claiming 300 thousand yuan for each claim.

The hotel denied that it was for sale.

Yesterday's session was the first in a series of cases, the trademark being infringed was "Louis V uittonM alletier", and 3 purses were used. The North South Garden Hotel believed that the infringing product was sold by Liao Fenghua in a hotel counter, so he applied to the court to append Liao Feng Liao Feng co defendant.

Liao Fenghua did not appear in court yesterday. The hotel side attorney said that the infringing goods were sold and sold by the rented special counters. The hotel only charges 3000 yuan / month rent, and the hotel side has no technical ability to identify the authenticity of LV, and considers that the hotel does not constitute a joint infringement.

After the trial, the court organized mediation. The two sides failed to reach a conciliation because they could not agree on the amount of compensation.

The NPC deputies listened and suggested:

　　 Re judge infringers To safeguard Dongguan's investment environment

The first people's Court of Dongguan invited 3 deputies to the Municipal People's Congress, the Dongguan Tourism Bureau and the Dongguan Turist Hotel association to attend the case.

After the forum held by the court, the deputy to the Municipal People's Congress said that in the long run, it is suggested that the infringement of the Dongguan enterprises on the foreign enterprises should be emphasized and the investment environment of Dongguan should be maintained.

The judge who heard the case said that the hoteliers should avoid being involved in the infringement disputes, and they should maintain economic independence with the boutiques in the hotels. They should not make invoices for the shops or accept credit cards at any time, so as not to cause consumers to be confused about the confusion between the hotel operators and the shop operators.