Guangdong High People's Court entered a final decision on US company ABRO's infringement allegation against Hunan MAGPOW Adhesive Industries, awarding ABRO 500,000 in damages.

ABRO Industries, Inc., a leading company in adhesive industry, owns the registered trademark "ABRO" and sells its products in more than 100 countries around the world.  In June 2002, MAGPOW filed an application for registration of the mark "ABRO" with the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Then ABRO Industries Inc. filed an opposition to the registration of the mark. In September 2004, the Trademark Office refused MAGPOW's application for trademark registration.  MAGPOW later filed an application for trademark review to the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB), and then appealed for the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court and Beijing High People's Court, which were all rejected.

In October 2004, ABRO lodged a case at Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on the ground of trademark infringement and use of famous goods' name, packaging and ornaments, seeking injunction, apology and monetary damages.

(China IP News)