A Chinese milk tea brand is ordered to pay damages to Louis Vuitton after a court finds it infringed the French luxury company’s trademark. The Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu province rules that Shenzhen-based Molly Tea used an unauthorized logo similar to Louis Vuitton’s four-petalled floral monogram. The court orders Molly Tea to pay 10.3 million yuan (about US$1.5 million), including 10 million yuan for economic losses and an additional 300,000 yuan, according to reporting by the South China Morning Post. Bloomberg similarly reports that the company must pay about US$1.5 million for trademark infringement and notes that the decision draws significant attention and debate on Chinese social media, with some users focusing on intellectual property protection. The ruling requires the company to make the payment within 10 days. The case highlights how trademark disputes involving well-known luxury brands can play out in Chinese courts when logos or branding elements are found to be confusingly similar.
Chinese tea chain ordered to pay Louis Vuitton for trademark infringement over logo
A Chinese milk tea brand is ordered to pay damages to Louis Vuitton after a court finds it infringed the French luxury company’s trademark. The Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu province r...
- The Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu rules that Molly Tea infringes Louis Vuitton’s trademark.
- The court finds the tea chain used a logo similar to Louis Vuitton’s four-petalled floral monogram.
- Molly Tea, based in Shenzhen, is ordered to pay 10.3 million yuan (about US$1.5 million).
- The ordered damages include 10 million yuan for economic losses and additional compensation of 300,000 yuan.
- The payment is required within 10 days, and the decision receives broad attention online in China.
Chinese tea chain Molly Tea has been ordered to pay Louis Vuitton 10.3 million yuan (US$1.5 million) in damages for the unauthorised use of a logo similar to the French luxury brand’s four-petalled floral monogram. The Suzhou Intermediate People’s Court, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, ruled this week that Shenzhen-based Molly Tea must pay the amount within 10 days. It said the compensation in the trademark infringement lawsuit included 10 million yuan for economic losses and 300,000 yuan...
2 hours agoA Chinese milk tea brand has been ordered to pay $1.5 billion to French luxury giant Louis Vuitton for trademark infringement. The case has sparked widespread discussion on Chinese social media about intellectual property protection. Bloomberg's China correspondent Minmin Low reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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