Bruce Lee's daughter sued the real kung fu claim of 210 million in the court.

Jimu Journalist Xiao Mingyuan Zhao Delong

On August 25, the topic of "Bruce Lee's daughter claims to real kung fu fast food 210 million" topics caused heated discussions on Weibo.

According to media reports, American company Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC At 9 am on August 25th, a trial was held in the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court.

Jimu Journalists noticed that as early as 2019, Bruce Lee complained to Shanghai No. 2 Middle School and claimed 210 million yuan. Now, after nearly three years, the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court opened the trial. In addition, a company had submitted to the Trademark Office to apply for a "Bruce Lee" trademark, but was rejected.

Bruce Lee's daughter sued the real kung fu claim of 210 million yuan

According to the data, real kung fu is a well -known domestic fast -food brand in China. It was founded in 1990. According to public reports, before 2004, real kung fu did not call this name, but called "168 steamed fast food restaurants". In 2004, the real kung fu opened the image that resembled the late martial arts superstar Li Bruce Lee, and at the same time cooperated with the words "True Kung Fu" to combine into its new trademark. Tianyancha shows that Bruce Legal representative is Shanon Emery Lee (Li Xiangning, Bruce Lee's Daughter).

As early as December 2019, some media said that Bruce Lee had sued the real kung fu to the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court, which accepted the case on December 5, 2019. At that time, the plaintiff's claim was: "True Kung Fu" immediately stopped using the image of Bruce Lee to immediately clarify that it had nothing to do with Bruce Lee on the media for 90 consecutive days, and compensated the economic loss of 210 million yuan.

Jimu Journalists noticed that the referee document network recorded the case -related situation in 2019. According to the referee Document Network (2020) Shanghai Men's Jurisdiction 57th, in response to Bruce Lee, Shanghai Zhengong Fast Food Company has appealed that it is not the defendant in this case, and it is not legal to contact with the litigation bid in this case. Infringement liability disputes, the dispute over the trademark owner and the main use in Guangzhou, Shanghai is not a place for infringement, and requests the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court to transfer this case to the jurisdiction of the court in Guangzhou in accordance with the law.

Guangzhou Zhengong Fast Food Company appealed that Bruce Lee's lawsuit against the defendants in this case is not common and does not involve the overall infringement of each defendant.

Bruce Lee argued that the infringement of the defendants in this case is integrated, sustainable, and continuity, constitutes a common infringement. Whether the defendant is qualified to belong to the court's entity trial and does not affect its jurisdiction.

At that time, the Shanghai Higher People's Court believed that Bruce Lee believed that Shanghai Zhengong Fast Food Company, Guangzhou Zhengong Catering Management Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Zhengong Fast Food Company constituted a common infringement and listed the above three companies as joint defendants. One of the courts of Shanghai Zhengong Fast Food Company's residence, the court is located in accordance with the law.

Now, after nearly three years, the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court opened the trial.

A company has applied for the trademark "Bruce Lee" for clothing

According to the referee document network in 2018, a company has proposed a registered application for the "Bruce Lee" trademark to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (referred to as the Trademark Office for short), and designated it on the 25th category of clothing, children's clothing and other products. Bruce Lee made an application for objection, and the Trademark Office made a ruling and did not approve the registration. Later, the company did not accept the ruling and filed an administrative lawsuit with the Beijing First Intermediate People's Court.

The Beijing First Intermediate People's Court believes that the evidence submitted by Bruce Lee during the trademark review process can prove that Bruce Lee was a generation of martial arts masters and successfully appeared in several movies during his lifetime. He has a high reputation and influence in the fields of martial arts and film performances. The trademark of the objection is composed of the Chinese character "Bruce Lee". General consumers correspond to the name of the dead martial arts master and movie star Li Bruce Lee, which is easily considered, and then mistakenly believes that the goods marked by the objection trademark come from Bruce Lee Family or related rights holders, or the specified goods they have used, have a specific relationship with Bruce Lee, which has a negative and negative impact on the public interests and public order. Therefore, the application for the application of the objection trademark is the case where the 2001 Trademark Law (paragraph 1) of Article 10 (8) of the Trademark Law shall not be used as a trademark.

Public information shows that Li Xiangning was born in 1969 and was only 4 years old when his father Bruce Lee died. Li Xiangning specializes in performing performances during his college and received systematic martial arts training. He has starred in movies in Hong Kong and the United States. Since then, Li Xiangning has turned behind the scenes and participated in many related culture and film and television promotion with Bruce Lee.

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