NEC Corporation sued for Chinese companies for trademark infringement and won RMB 1.15 million Yuan in compensation

“NEC”, the famous trademark of NEC Corporation, was registered as early as 1979 and now has established a high reputation in China. But the rising fame also made NEC a target of some small businesses engaged in manufacturing and selling fake productions to obtain illegal profits. On December 19, 2006, Zhuhai Administration for Industry and Commerce made administrative penalties to Zhuhai Yuehua Electronic Company and Zhuhai Yuehua Technology Developing Co. Ltd, confiscated and destroyed their fake NEC goods, including more than 40,000 keyboards, over 38,000 guarantee cards, over 10,000 conformity certificates, 1 steel moulding board for printing NEC marks as well as NEC packing boxes and manuals, etc. NEC Corporation lodged a lawsuit against Zhuhai Yuehua Electronic Company, Zhuhai Yuehua Technology Developing Co., Ltd., Shenzhen JEEJA Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd., the manufacturer of fake NEC keyboards, and Beijing Century Yuehua Science and Technology Developing Center, the seller of the keyboards to the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court for their trademark infringement and unfair competition.

Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court recently judged the case ruling that the four infringement companies shall compensate NEC Corporation in a total of RMB 1.15 million Yuan.