From The National Law Review
On January 21, 2021, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court announced the awarding of 5.5 Million RMB (~$851 thousand USD) in damages and expenses to Shell International and Shell China for trademark infringement regarding automobile lubricants. The Court also awarded an injunction against the 5 defendants: corporations North Shell Company (????), Jianchi Company (????) , Annaichi Company (?????), and persons Wang and Song.
Shell International owns trademarks including “??”, “SHELL”, “??” and “HELIX” in class 4 for lubricants and licensed Shell China to use the trademarks. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants jointly produced and sold lubricant products that infringed the plaintiff’s trademark rights without the permission of the trademark registrant and requested 50 million RMB in damages and 1 million RMB in expenses.
Full article at. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/shell-awarded-55-million-rmb-chinese-trademark-infringement-case
