On Dec 30, 2020, the website "China Judgements Online"
published the 1st instance decision of Beijing High People's
Court in a trademark infringement case against Amazon and Beijing
Sinnet Technology.
The court found Amazon and Beijing Sinnet infringed the exclusive
rights of "AWS" trademarks No. 4249189, No. 8967031 and
No. 8967030 owned by the plaintiff, Beijing Yanhuang Yingdong
Company (ActionSoft).
In addition to granting injunction against Amazon and Beijing
Sinnet, the court also awarded the plaintiff ActionSoft a damage of
RMB76,463,000 (USD11.76 million) and reasonable expenses of
RMB260,000 (USD40,000).
In this case, the court fee amounted to RMB1,543,100 (USD237,400).
The defendants have to pay RMB 1 million (USD154,000) and the
plaintiff pays the rest.
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