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Suzhou Shizuoka Doctor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. v. Taicang Tianhua Tools Co., Ltd. (Case of disputes over infringement on the exclusive right to use a trademark)
苏州静冈刀具有限公司诉太仓天华刀具有限公司侵犯商标专用权纠纷案
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Suzhou Shizuoka Doctor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. v. Taicang Tianhua Tools Co., Ltd. (Case of disputes over infringement on the exclusive right to use a trademark)
(Case of disputes over infringement on the exclusive right to use a trademark)
苏州静冈刀具有限公司诉太仓天华刀具有限公司侵犯商标专用权纠纷案
Suzhou Shizuoka Doctor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. v. Taicang Tianhua Tools Co., Ltd. (Case of disputes over infringement on the exclusive right to use a trademark) 

苏州静冈刀具有限公司诉太仓天华刀具有限公司侵犯商标专用权纠纷案

[Judgment Abstract] [裁判摘要]
Completely embedding a trademark owned by another in an unregistered product logo of one's own and using such a trademark in similar goods without authorization shall be asserted as approximate infringement on trademark, since the act easily makes relevant public mistakenly believe that the source of the product in dispute has particular association with the goods of the registered trademark. 未经许可擅自将他人所有的注册商标完全嵌入在自己未经注册的产品标识中,并使用在同类商品上,易使相关公众误认为涉案产品的来源与注册商标的商品具有特定的关联,应当被认定为商标近似侵权。
Plaintiff: Suzhou Shizuoka Doctor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., domiciled at South Xingye Road, Economic Development Zone, Taicang City, Jiangsu Province. 原告:苏州静冈刀具有限公司,住所地:江苏省太仓市经济开发区兴业南路。
Legal representative: Shunichi Hagita, chairman of the board of directors of this company. 法定代表人:萩田俊一,该公司董事长。
Defendant: Taicang Tianhua Tools Co., Ltd., domiciled at Yuewang Xingye Street, Shaxi Town, Taicang City, Jiangsu Province. 被告:太仓天华刀具有限公司,住所地:江苏省太仓市沙溪镇岳王兴业街。
Legal representative: Chen Tianhua. 法定代表人:陈天华。
Plaintiff Suzhou Shizuoka Doctor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shizuoka Company”) filed a lawsuit with the People's Court of Taicang City, Jiangsu Province against defendant Taicang Tianhua Tools Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Tianhua Company”) for disputes over infringement on the exclusive right to use a trademark. 原告苏州静冈刀具有限公司(以下简称静冈公司)因与被告太仓天华刀具有限公司(以下简称天华公司)发生侵犯商标专用权纠纷,向江苏省太仓市人民法院提起诉讼。
Plaintiff Shizuoka Company alleged that: the plaintiff registered the picture and word trademark of “Shizuoka Tools” with which the seventh category of goods, namely blade, tool apron, knife, etc. were approved to be used. The trademark registration is valid from November 14, 2010 to November 13, 2020. Chen Tianhua, defendant Tianhua Company's legal representative, once served as a salesman of plaintiff and subsequently left the plaintiff's company. In 2012, the plaintiff found in a market survey that the defendant severely infringed the plaintiff's exclusive right to use trademark by using a trademark of the plaintiff and a trademark similar to the plaintiff's without authorization during the process of producing and selling products. Therefore, the plaintiff requested the court to order: (1) The defendant should immediately stop infringing the trademark right of the plaintiff, and destroy all infringing products, logos, relevant packaging boxes, promotional materials, etc.; (2) The defendant should compensate the plaintiff for economic losses of 160,000 yuan (including reasonable expenses paid for stopping the infringement); (3) The defendant should publish statements in the magazines of the China Pulp & Paper and the Fortune Paper in order to eliminate the influence; and (4) The litigation costs should be assumed by the defendant. 原告静冈公司诉称:原告核准注册了“静冈刀具”图形及文字商标,核准使用商品为第七类,即刀片、刀座、刀具等,商标注册的有效期限为2010年11月14日至 2020年11月13日。被告天华公司法定代表人陈天华曾在原告公司担任业务员一职,后离职。2012年,原告在市场调查中发现,被告在生产和销售其公司产品过程中,未经原告许可擅自使用原告商标及与原告近似的商标,严重侵犯了原告商标专用权。请求法院判令:(1)被告立即停止侵犯原告商标权的行为,销毁所有侵权产品、标识、相关包装盒、宣传资料等;(2)被告赔偿原告经济损失16万元(含为制止侵权支付的合理费用);(3)被告在《中国造纸》和《财富纸业》杂志刊登声明以消除影响;(4)诉讼费用由被告承担。
The defendant Tianhua Company argued that: the defendant did not infringe plaintiff Shizuoka Company's trademark right and was unwilling to pay compensation or render apology, on the ground that Tianhua Company was established beforehand and the plaintiff registered the trademark afterwards. The trademark currently used by the defendant was designed by a person who is not a party to a case and the defendant did not intentionally implement infringement act. The defendant, with only 11-12% of extremely low operating profit, did not accept the amount of compensation requested by the plaintiff. In addition, Taicang Administration for Industry and Commerce had imposed 150,000 yuan of penalty against the defendant on the grounds of trademark right infringement. The defendant had ceased production and had no funds. The scrapers and clamps in dispute had been treated as wastes. 被告天华公司辩称:被告没有侵犯原告静冈公司商标权,不愿赔偿、赔礼道歉。理由是:天华公司成立在先,原告注册商标在后。被告现在使用的商标是案外人设计的,被告没有侵权的故意。被告的营业利润很低,只有11%至12%,因此不认可原告要求的赔偿数额。此外,太仓工商局已以侵犯商标权为由对被告处罚了15万元,被告已经停产,没有资金。涉案刮刀夹具也已作为废品处理了。
The People's Court of Taicang City, as the court of first instance, found that: 太仓市人民法院一审查明:
Plaintiff Shizuoka Company was established on April 14, 2003. Its business scope is production and sale of a variety of self-produced tools and related products. The trademark used for the products is a registered trademark with some reputation in this industry and the papermaking industry. On November 14, 2010, Shizuoka Company, upon verification and approval by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China, registered the trademark of the pattern of letter D plus a circle with a cross line and an arrow (the registration certificate number is No. 7601794). The goods verified and approved to use the trademark are the seventh category “paper mill (paper machine); blade (machinery parts); tool apron (machinery parts); and tools (machinery parts)”. The validity period of the registration lasts from November 14, 2010 to November 13, 2020. The defendant Tianhua Company was founded on June 12, 2010. The business scope is production, processing, and sale of tools, and hardware accessories; sale of metal products, and rubber products. 原告静冈公司于2003年4月14日成立,经营范围为生产、销售公司自产的各种刀具及关联产品。产品使用的商标为注册商标,在本行业内和造纸行业内具有一定的知名度。2010年11月14日,静冈公司经中华人民共和国国家工商行政管理总局商标局核准注册了字母D加圆圈带十字线及箭头图案的商标(注册证号为第 7601794号),核定使用商品为第7类“造纸机(纸业机器);刀片(机器部件);刀座 (机器部件);刀具(机器零件)”。注册有效期限自2010年11月14日至2020年11月13日止。被告天华公司成立于2010年 6月12日,经营范围为生产加工、销售刀具、五金配件;销售金属制品、橡胶制品。
In 2012, the defendant Tianhua Company sold 14 sets of scraper and clamps, and 1 set of scraper, with a total price of 258,000 yuan, to Zhejiang Yongtai Paper Group Stock Co., Ltd. When selling the products, Tianhua Company used the combined pattern of TH and the Chinese characters of Tianhua Tools, embedded the logo and the aluminum nameplate of plaintiff Shizuoka Company's registered trademark, and used the logo in the wooden packaging box. The logo was also used in the quotations, brochures, and the website (www.tctian-hua.com) provided by Tianhua Company. The registered trademark of the plaintiff was also directly printed on the business card given by Chen Tianhua, the legal representative of Tianhua Company, to clients. In addition, Tianhua Company sold 1 set of pneumatic scraper and clamp with a scraper blade as gift, totaling 15,000 yuan, to Hangzhou Chunsheng Paper Co., Ltd., and used the aluminum nameplate with the logo in dispute in the products sold. 2012年,被告天华公司销售给浙江永泰纸业集团股份有限公司刮刀夹具改造 14套和刮刀体1套,总价格为258 000元,并在销售该产品时使用了TH及天华刀具汉字组合图形并在其中完整嵌入原告静冈公司注册商标的标识及铝制铭牌,且在木质包装箱上使用了该标识。天华公司提供的报价单、宣传册、公司网站(www.tctian- hua.com)上,也使用了该标识,天华公司法定代表人陈天华给客户的名片上,更直接印有原告的注册商标。此外,天华公司销售给杭州春胜纸业有限公司气动刮刀夹具1套,配送刮刀片1把,总价格为15 000元,并在销售该产品时使用了带有争议标识的铝制铭牌。
In May 2012, Taicang Administration for Industry and Commerce, Suzhou City, investigated defendant Tianhua Company's act of suspected infringement of plaintiff Shizuoka Company's trademark right and issued the Decision of Administrative Penalty (No. 00600 [2012] of Taicang Administration for Industry and Commerce) which ordered Tianhua Company to immediately cease the infringement act, confiscated 30 brochures, 181 nameplates, and 2 word templates with the trademark infringed, and imposed a fine of 150,000 yuan against Tianhua Company which was asserted as having infringed the trademark right of Shizuoka Company. During the case investigation process, Tianhua Company actively cooperated with the investigation, took initiative to close the website, and stopped using the relevant nameplates, brochures, and word templates with the trademark infringed. Subsequently, Tianhua Company filed a lawsuit with the court of first instance, requesting the revocation of the Decision of Administrative Penalty (No. 00600 [2012] of Taicang Administration for Industry and Commerce). The court of first instance dismissed the claims of Tianhua Company with the Administrative Judgment (No. 0001 [2012], First, Taicang). After the judgment was pronounced, Tianhua Company appealed. The Intermediate People's Court of Suzhou City dismissed the appeal and upheld the original verdict with the Administrative Judgment (No. 0001 [2013], Final, the Intermediate People's Court of Suzhou City).
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 2012年5月,苏州市太仓工商行政管理局对被告天华公司上述涉嫌侵犯原告静冈公司商标权的行为展开调查,并于7月 26日出具太工商案[2012]00600号行政处罚决定书,认定天华公司侵犯了静冈公司的商标权,责令其立即停止侵权行为,没收带侵权商标的宣传册30本、铭牌181只、字模板2块,并处罚款15万元。在案件调查过程中,天华公司积极配合调查,主动关闭网站,停止使用相关带侵权商标的铭牌、宣传册、字模板。后天华公司诉至一审法院要求撤销太工商案[2012]00600号行政处罚决定书。一审法院以(2012)太知行初字第0001号行政判决书驳回了天华公司的诉讼请求。宣判后天华公司提起上诉,苏州市中级人民法院以(2013)苏中知行终字第 0001号行政判决书驳回上诉,维持原判。
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