Paying for infringement

After the third amendment to China’s trademark law was implemented in 2014, several infringement cases dealing with compensation have had a profound effect in the Chinese intellectual property world. For instance, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court granted RMB 3 million ($460,000) in damages to apparel company Moncler in 2015. In a separate case, Louis Vuitton filed a lawsuit against the sales department of a four-star hotel and was awarded RMB 960,000 in compensation.