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Tsinghua University sues Chinese kindergartens for using its name
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Tsinghua University sues Chinese kindergartens for using its name
One of China's most renowned universities has started a legal action against kindergartens for using its name without permission.
The sight of schools and kindergartens using the names of some of the world's best known educational establishments is a common one across the country, but Tsinghua University has decided to fight back by suing a number of kindergartens in eastern China that include the two characters for "Tsinghua" in their names, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Thursday.
A court in Ganzhou in Jiangxi province, heard five cases filed by the university alleging infringement of its trademark on Wednesday, a few weeks after two similar cases were heard elsewhere in the province, the report said.
The legal action has generated a big online buzz, with many internet users saying they used to study in schools or kindergartens named after foreign universities such as Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard.
There are about 400 organisations or corporations across China that include the words "Tsinghua Kindergarten" in their names, according to Tianyancha, a business data search tool.In one case heard by the Ganzhou Intermediate People's Court, the university said it obtained trademark rights to the two traditional Chinese characters "Tsinghua" in 1998 and the four characters "Tsinghua University" " the first two in traditional Chinese and last two simplified " in 2009.
The university also told the court that it had been founded and obtained the trademark before the defendant " the Tsinghua Kindergarten in Sicheng county " had started operations, and further claimed that its use of the characters misled the public.
It demanded the defendant stop the infringement, place an apology in a newspaper for a month, and pay compensation of 500,000 yuan (US$74,000).
But the kindergarten argued it had been wronged, saying it was located near a major road called "Tsinghua Avenue" and had been named after the road.
It also argued that the phrase "Tsinghua" had appeared in Chinese literature as early as the fourth century.
Another kindergarten, in Ganzhou's Zhanggong district, said it had been named after its owner, whose given name is "Tsinghua".
The hearings are still continuing and it is not yet known when the court will deliver a verdict.
The cases have triggered lively discussion online.
"There is a kindergarten in my community that was once named Qingda (an abbreviation for Tsinghua University). Last year it changed its name to Golden Bean Seedlings, which sounds so much lower-end," one user joked on the Weibo microblogging platform.
Another said: "In my hometown there is a Cambridge Kindergarten. The kids there are all very proud."
Copyright (c) 2019. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soci...ce=LINEtodayID
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The sight of schools and kindergartens using the names of some of the world's best known educational establishments is a common one across the country, but Tsinghua University has decided to fight back by suing a number of kindergartens in eastern China that include the two characters for "Tsinghua" in their names, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Thursday.
A court in Ganzhou in Jiangxi province, heard five cases filed by the university alleging infringement of its trademark on Wednesday, a few weeks after two similar cases were heard elsewhere in the province, the report said.
The legal action has generated a big online buzz, with many internet users saying they used to study in schools or kindergartens named after foreign universities such as Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard.
There are about 400 organisations or corporations across China that include the words "Tsinghua Kindergarten" in their names, according to Tianyancha, a business data search tool.In one case heard by the Ganzhou Intermediate People's Court, the university said it obtained trademark rights to the two traditional Chinese characters "Tsinghua" in 1998 and the four characters "Tsinghua University" " the first two in traditional Chinese and last two simplified " in 2009.
The university also told the court that it had been founded and obtained the trademark before the defendant " the Tsinghua Kindergarten in Sicheng county " had started operations, and further claimed that its use of the characters misled the public.
It demanded the defendant stop the infringement, place an apology in a newspaper for a month, and pay compensation of 500,000 yuan (US$74,000).
But the kindergarten argued it had been wronged, saying it was located near a major road called "Tsinghua Avenue" and had been named after the road.
It also argued that the phrase "Tsinghua" had appeared in Chinese literature as early as the fourth century.
Another kindergarten, in Ganzhou's Zhanggong district, said it had been named after its owner, whose given name is "Tsinghua".
The hearings are still continuing and it is not yet known when the court will deliver a verdict.
The cases have triggered lively discussion online.
"There is a kindergarten in my community that was once named Qingda (an abbreviation for Tsinghua University). Last year it changed its name to Golden Bean Seedlings, which sounds so much lower-end," one user joked on the Weibo microblogging platform.
Another said: "In my hometown there is a Cambridge Kindergarten. The kids there are all very proud."
Copyright (c) 2019. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/soci...ce=LINEtodayID
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