je50 posted 0 minutes ago
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Recently, there have been frequent cases in various parts of our country where enterprises and individuals have preemptively registered the names of historical relics and scenic spots as trademarks, causing great harm to the normal operation of tourist attractions. The most typical examples are "Jiuzhaigou" and "Shangri-La," which have been preemptively registered and priced by the registrants at 1.2 million yuan and 2 million yuan respectively for trademark transfer. Huangshan and Jiuhuashan have also been registered by a travel agency and a rural asset management company in Qingyang County respectively. Famous tourist attractions such as "Slender West Lake" in Yangzhou, "Xijie" in Guilin, "Wudang Mountain" and "Shennongjia" in Hubei have all been preemptively registered.
Xiageli.la, however, has stated that it accepts offers priced above 2 million RMB.
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