Deciphering the Alibaba Trademark Dispute Case

by it984 on 2007-11-05 10:10:47

As the date of the listing of Alibaba B2B Company in Hong Kong is approaching, the company, which is expected to become the largest technology stock in the Hong Kong stock market so far, has once again become the focus of attention in the industry. At this time, the almost forgotten and long-settled "Alibaba trademark litigation" was brought up again by Zhengpu Technology, a previously unknown company in Beijing, which wants to share the profits of Alibaba's listing by taking advantage of the loopholes in the trademark application system. It is reported that Zhengpu Technology had filed five trademark applications for "Alibaba alibaba" to the China Trademark Office in May 1999. Since the largest Alibaba website in China had already applied for the registration of a series of Chinese and English domain name of "Alibaba" and "alibaba", Zhengpu Technology's application was not fully approved at that time.