Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Party tent, Blocker infringes design right Chinese company – NU.nl

That leaves the court in the Hague Wednesday to know the court’s ruling in a lawsuit between the Blokker group and the Chinese company.

Leen Bakker and Blocker within 24 hours after the ruling, “any commercial use” of the Le Sud party tent stakes in all the countries of the European Union. If they do not, they can be a penalty imposed of 10,000 euros per day, with a maximum of 200,000 euros.

The design of the butterfly party tent of the Dutch retail chain would, according to the Chinese company Zhejiang Zhengte to resemble his own party tent. Then stepped Zhejiang Zhengte to the right.

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“The model is to tentative opinion valid because it was new and a character of its own, had on the date of application. The marquee of Leen Bakker and Blocker creates the same overall impression and thus creates the infringement of the design right,” said the statement.

The judge rejected the defence of Leen Bakker that the model of Zhejiang Zhengte not new would be compared to the vormgevingserfgoed.

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Zhengte is a company that is located in the city of Linhai in Zhejiang province. The company makes garden products to dealers all over the world.

The court had the Blokker group and Zhejiang Zhengte previously asked to effect a settlement, but the parties were unable to agree.

Blocker let know in a comment the decision of the court is to respect this. “The sale of the tent was already stopped pending the decision of the court,” said the company.

“We see this as an issue between the two Chinese suppliers. The supplier who has given us the tent has been delivered and the supplier which is in the equal set.”

By: NU.nl

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