Beijing: World-renowned cognac producer Hennessy has won a trademark lawsuit against two Chinese counterfeiters who used to market their product with the brand name 'Hanlissy', media reports said on Wednesday.
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court ordered a trading company in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong Province, and its bottling agency in Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeast China, to cease the infringement immediately, pay
compensation of more than 300,000 yuan ($37,000) and publish an apology in a local newspaper.
Societe Jas Hennessy had registered its trademark in China in 1980. But last July, it found that a series of wine products, that claimed to be French cognac brandy, were sold at a Carrefour store. A trademark, Hanlissy which looked similar to that of Hennessy, was used on its package, wine bottles and label.
The court agreed that the Xiamen Golden Huanya Food Company put the fake wine into the bottle and that Zhuhai Xiangmutong Trading Company distributed the wine. Xiangmutong, founded in 2002, applied for the Hanlissy trademark in June 2003 and got first approval from the State Trademark Office in June 2004. But Hennessy applied to the office later last year to revoke the registration.
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