22 January 2020PatentsEdward Pearcey

Lego claims final IP victory over Lepin in China

Lego has won a substantial Chinese copyright judgement after a court upheld all of the first-instance rulings on 18 existing infringement claims, originally handed down in favour of the Danish toymaker against a Chinese rival’s ‘Lepin’ trademark.

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