Online Sales Of The Fake Putian Tongqing Adi Takes It To Court

A shopkeeper sold a fake version of "Putiantongqing" football online, which was discovered by Adidas, the original of the football, bought the football online, retained relevant infringement evidence, and sued the two defendants for 500000 yuan. On the 22nd, the case was held in the Municipal Intermediate People's Court.

"Celebrate the whole world" football is the official match ball "JABULANI" designed by Adidas for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. "JABULANI" originates from the Zulu language in Africa and means "celebrate the whole world together". Because this ball is composed of only eight outer skins, each of which is three-dimensional structure, and then spliced with thermal bonding technology, this football is more round and more accurate than ever, known as the "roundest football" in history.

Due to the high reputation of this football, many businesses copied it and sold it through online stores, each worth only 100 yuan or even dozens of yuan, and all said they were "authentic". After investigation, Adidas found that the owner of a Taobao online store in Wuhan, Mr. Huang, was selling this fake version of "Universal Celebration" without their authorization. The company purchased a football with the same appearance as "Putian Tongqing" through this online store, and found that the online store was marked as the agent of "Tianyi" company, and the invoice issued was also shown as "Tianyi" company.

The owner of Taobao shop, Huang Mou, and Tianyi Company were sued. Yesterday, Tianyi Company argued that the counterfeit products found by Adidas were not sold by the company, and the invoices presented in court could not prove that they were football, but other products. Huang, the owner of the store, said that the football he sold was purchased by Tianyi Company, and he was only an agent. He didn't know whether it was a pirated product, and he showed the order form. Huang said that he sold 7 soccer balls in total and earned more than 80 yuan. He was willing to return the profits to Adidas. After the confrontation in court yesterday, the two sides agreed to negotiate and reach a settlement through certain means.