Huawei Wins in Court
Huawei (pvt), once the country’s leading smartphone and telecommunications brand, has won a court battle over the counterfeiting of one of its products. We note that Huawei was some powerful back a few years ago that the Chairman said it did not have the time to sue others for copyright infringement, as it was far too busy producing and selling product. It seems things have cooled enough that the company takes its IP a bit more seriously these days, and after documenting that two competitors were advertising their earbud products as “Huawei Universal” and “Official Original Authentic Product” on a number of retail sites, and were selling these knock-offs for $0.90 against the Huawei price of $1.81, Huawei took them to court.
All totaled, before the items were removed from store shelves, ~$584,000 worth of these counterfeit items were sold, with the court agreeing with Huawei that the use of the word “Huawei’ in the advertisements would be enough to make consumers think they were getting actual Huawei products, awarding the company $57,459 in compensation, paid by the defendants. That said, after it was revealed that the defendants had been it court before for infringing Huawei’s logos and trademarks, the court ordered an additional $143,647 to be paid to Huawei, who seems to have the time to litigate such matters these days.
All totaled, before the items were removed from store shelves, ~$584,000 worth of these counterfeit items were sold, with the court agreeing with Huawei that the use of the word “Huawei’ in the advertisements would be enough to make consumers think they were getting actual Huawei products, awarding the company $57,459 in compensation, paid by the defendants. That said, after it was revealed that the defendants had been it court before for infringing Huawei’s logos and trademarks, the court ordered an additional $143,647 to be paid to Huawei, who seems to have the time to litigate such matters these days.
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