4 Companies Awarded $145.2 thousand for Counterfeiting Unilever Products
- Chaileedo Press
- Mar 20, 2023
- 2 min read
Four companies were fined 3.14 million yuan ($145.2 thousand) for counterfeiting the packaging of TIGI Bed Head from Unilever.
On March 18, four cosmetic companies in Chengdu issued a statement of apology to Unilever Services (Hefei) Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Unilever") for unfair competition.
According to the statement, since 2018, Chengdu Yisiyun Trading Company Limited (Chengdu Yisi Yun Company), Chengdu Weimei Cosmetics Company Limited (Chengdu Weimei Company) and Chengdu Yanli Cosmetics Company Limited (Chengdu Yanli Company) have divided the work and jointly commissioned Guangzhou Gaojue Cosmetics Company Limited (Guangzhou Gaojue Company) to produce (Guangzhou Gaojue) for the production of Yisiyun Elastin without the permission of Unilever.
The packaging and decoration of the Yisiyun Elastin was basically the same as the packaging and decoration of TIGI Bed Head sold by Unilever. Yisiyun Elastin has the similar purple spherical bottle and green pump head. The above-mentioned companies jointly sold the "Yisiyun Elastin" through Yisiyun Flagship Store, Yisiyunhuayan Store on Tmall.
The picture on the left is TIGI Bed Head and the picture on the right is Yisiyun Elastin.
The Sichuan High People's Court [(2022) Chuan Zhi Min Final 1489] found that the above-mentioned companies used the same packaging and decoration as Unilever's purple spherical bottle and green pump head combination without permission, leading people to believe that Yisiyun Elastin was a product of Unilever or had a specific connection with Unilever. This constituted unfair competition. The aforementioned acts seriously infringed on the legitimate rights and interests of Unilever and the reputation of TIGI Bed Head and caused adverse impact on Unilever.
According to Qichacha.com, the four companies mentioned above have been listed as executors with Unilever as the applicant for execution and the amount of execution is 3.14 million yuan ($145.2 thousand). As a corollary, the amount of compensation awarded to Unilever in the case was 3.14 million yuan ($145.2 thousand).
The statement said that the company will immediately cease and desist from committing any acts that infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of Unilever and the reputation of TIGI Bed Head. It should express its sincere apology for the economic loss and damage to Unilever's reputation.
CHAILEEDO noted that as of March 20, the product "Yisiyun Elastin" was removed from the the store Yisiyun Flagship Store, Yisiyunhuayan Store on Tmall. At the same time, the apology statement was also posted on the home page of Yisiyun Flagship Store on Tmall.
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