Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court entered the first-instance judgment on trademark infringement of Abbott, ordering defendant, a Shantou-based company named Yapei, similar  to Abbott's pronunciation in Chinese, to cease infringement and pay Abbott 500,000 yuan in damage.

Abbott is a worldwide famous manufacturer of infant formula milk powder. As investigation indicated, Abbott found that there's a name-like company engaging in manufacturing the candy, Pasta &Instant Food in Shantou. Abbott held that the defendant filed the abusive registration of Abbott as the trademark and its company name, although they knew Abbott is a well-known mark, and sold the counterfeit Sino-US·Abbott infant formula milk powder on their website. So Abbott brought the case to the court and seek injunction.

(China IP News)