Big fine for ripping off UN’s name
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A culture exchange and conference service provider in Shanghai has been fined 400,000 yuan (US$58,820) for using the name and logo of the United Nations without authorization in its promotions, the city’s market watchdog said yesterday.
Shanghai Youxiang Culture Development Co was found to have used the Chinese and English names of the UN and its logo on its website, WeChat account, weibo account, promotion materials and contracts without a permit since February last year, according to Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau.
The company was also found to have organized people to attend conferences in the United States under the guise of a UN global youth summit, the bureau said.
The company’s illegal profits, including conference attendance fees totaling 6 million yuan, had been confiscated and it was ordered to rectify, the bureau said.
The bureau exposed 10 typical cases involving trademark violations yesterday, two of them violating the Disney trademark.
Shanghai Jinyong Culture Art Design Co was found using Disney’s trademark on its website since last April without authorization. The firm was fined 10,000 yuan by Jinshan District Market Supervision and Management Bureau.
A woman was fined 4,200 yuan for selling counterfeit clothing bearing the Disney trademark. Qingpu District Market Supervision and Management Bureau confiscated the goods.
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