The China Docket Report

2018年10月30日, Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. (下称”PEM”) 在内华达州联邦地区法院起诉Shenzhen Koster Metal Products Co. 深圳固斯特五金 (下称”Koster”) 商标侵权及不公平竞争。 PEM成立于1942年,总部位于美国宾州,是全球紧固件(fastening solutions, 例如螺帽、螺栓、螺丝、铆钉等)产业中的领导厂商,产品贩卖至75个国家。 自1946年起,PEM持续使用”PEM”的商标,以标示、推广和贩卖它的产品。 1962年,PEM正式取得PEM的注册商标,用于钻头套及紧固件相关产品。 其后又陆续取得PEM的衍伸注册商标(PEM家族商标)。 除了PEM家族商标外,PEM也拥有另外两个注册商标,以及数个未注册但受普通法保护的商标(以上合称”PEM商标”)。 PEM在包含美国的47个国家、PEM网站上、贸易博览会、贸易期刊上贩卖或广告搭载PEM商标的产品。 被告Koster是一家位于深圳的中国公司,生产紧固件等五金产品。 PEM指控Koster未获得其同意或授权即使用与PEM商标完全相同的商标在与PEM有竞争关系的产品上。 此外,PEM指控Koster产品质量低劣,Koster把PEM的商标用于这些劣质产品上,减损了PEM商标的信誉。 PEM因此起诉Koster商标侵权及不公平竞争。 中国企业过去被告商标侵权多是在服装、鞋类、科技产品方面,本件是少见中国企业在五金行业被告商标侵权的案例。 点击下载法院卷宗附件

In this action, the plaintiff, Kiss Nail Products, Inc. (“Kiss”), a New York-based company, seeks to recover monetary damages from and enjoin the continued infringement of United States Patent No. 10,010,148 (“148 Patent”) by Shenzhen Kaylux Technology Co. Ltd. (“Kaylux”), Guangzhou Menarda Electrical Co., Ltd. (“Menarda”), Shenzhen Manjiu Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd. (“Manjiu”), all formed under the laws of the PRC. In relevant part, Kiss sells the Instawave® Automatic Hair Curler product (the “Instawave”), described as a hair curler featuring “a rotating member for wrapping hair around a heated barrel in order to assist with forming curls in…

The plaintiff, John Gallagher (“Gallagher”), an employee of Hellman Electric Corporation, commenced an action against the City of New York (“the City”) and China Construction America, Inc. (“CCA”), a subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. . on October 3rd, 2018. The plaintiff alleges that the City and CCA both own the Gerritsen Inlet Bridge (“a part of the arterial highway known as the Belt Parkway, in the County of Kings, City and State of New York”) with all the duties of care owed by an owner/occupier; CCA having been hired as a general contractor by the City for…