By Luo Yanjie

In a recent news report (note: the link is in Chinese), Guang Dong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Co., Ltd, the holder of trademark OPPO used in mobile phones, filed a lawsuit against a company and the lessor of its store, claiming ceasing the infringement and the compensation. Beijing Fengtai District People’s Court judged the joint liability of infringement of the both the shop and the real estate lessor and shall compensate the plaintiff 10, 000 yuan.

This is a typical trademark dispute arisen by the shop’s infringement and then lead to the liability of the market which is the real estate lessor, and in the similar cases, the market tends to feel being wronged for what it provides is the real estate renting not the conducts or aids in the infringement, yet the court will judge the establishment of the infringement liability. Today, we would like to analyze the liability taking in the similar cases.