recently, India's leading information technology company Azure Knowledge company (Azure Knowledge Corporation) Sue Microsoft (Microsoft) Infringed on its trademark "Azure" .

Azure The company said, self 1996 It has been in use since 2000 "Azure" mark, concurrence 1998 The logo was registered in 2000. The company also noted, From Microsoft Corporation 2016 It only came into use in India in 2000 "Azure" trademark, Microsoft explains this on its website.

Microsoft filed two trademark applications (Application number 4329742 and 1747500) , The application dates are 2019 years 8 month 9 Hiwa 2008 years 10 month 23 day, Use-by date is "Planned use" (Proposed to be used) . while Azure The company's trademark application date is 1998 years 6 month 8 day, Use-by date is 1996 years 5 month 1 day.

Therefore, Azure The company's legal counsel said in court: "Azure A company is more than a trademark 'Azure' Is an early applicant, It is also the prior user of the trademark. " Azure The company has filed a lawsuit in Indian courts, To ban Microsoft from using it in India "Azure" "Microsoft Azure" "Azure Cosmos DB" "Azure Cloud For All" "Azure Sphere" "Azure Brain Wave" And trademark "Azure" Other names that are the same or similar.

Azure The company's legal counsel pointed out, Microsoft has recently been working for it "Azure" New logo to India patent, The General Administration of Design and Trademark Administration filed an application for trademark registration (Application number 3134764) , The logo is associated with Azure The company logo is also very similar. Azure The company says Microsoft is deliberately using the trademark "Azure" the, Because the company knew in advance Azure The company is the legal owner of the trademark.

Azure The company's legal counsel also said, If the Indian court rules against Microsoft Corp, Not only would Microsoft have to stop using the name in India, And it's possible to know that the legal ownership of the trademark belongs to Azure The company continued to use the trademark for commercial purposes and was fined heavily.

(Compiled from finance. yahoo. com)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Li Yanqiu　proofread: Liu Peng 

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