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Company in dock over use of LEGO brand

The boss of an education company has been prosecuted by Shanghai鈥檚 People鈥檚 Procuratorate for counterfeiting the LEGO trademark, the city鈥檚 procurators revealed yesterday.

The firm, located in a shopping mall in Songjiang District, was operating as an education institution called 鈥淟C LEGO Robot Center鈥 and offering educational and technical services, they said.

The man, surnamed Yao, displayed fake authorization and a qualification certificate for 鈥淟EGO鈥 and 鈥淟EGO education鈥 in his store.

鈥淟EGO鈥 trademarks were used in store signs and decoration, on posters and employee clothing as well as shopping mall signs to promote the shop.

The company was found to be offering training and education services at a cost of 510,000 yuan (US$79,860) from March this year, the procurators said.

The case was typical of those released in a press conference by the city鈥檚 procurators who have strengthened their protection of intellectual property rights and rights holders鈥 legal interests in recent years.


 

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