Google wins suit over name

IPR procedures in China took a long way. Every passing year IPR protection is being improved and we are witnessing better protection of IPR. Here is one case resulted in  (Source:Shanghai Daily) :

GOOGLE Inc, owner of the world’s most-used Internet search engine, won a lawsuit in China over its subsidiary’s name and trademark in Chinese, ending an 18-month dispute with a local company.

Google China will be paid 100,000 yuan (US$14,624) in compensation from Beijing Guge Science and Technology Co, according to a filing by Beijing’s Haidian District court yesterday. In 2006, Google named its unit in the country ”Gu Ge”, which means ”harvesting song” in Chinese. A year later, Beijing Guge sued Google, claiming the California-based Internet company was using its name. The court ruled that Beijing Guge must stop using the name because it belongs to Google’s China unit, according to the filing.

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