On July 21st, Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing heard the trademark infringement case of Schneider China Company, and ruled that the economic loss claimed by Schneider was 3 million yuan.

Schneider China Company enjoys the right to use five trademarks (including "Schneider", "施耐德") in Chinese and foreign languages with number G715396 on class 9 products (electrical switches, circuit breakers and relays). 

On January 18, 2013, Schneider China Company filed a lawsuit with Xiacheng District People's Court against Hangzhou Schneider Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. ("Dongheng Company"), the predecessor of Hangzhou Dongheng Company, for infringing the trademark right No.G715396 and using the name "Schneider" in the enterprise name and external publicity. After mediation by the court, Dongheng Company was ordered to stop infringing the trademark right No.G715396, change the name of the enterprise and compensate Schneider China Company for economic losses and reasonable expenses totaling 100,000 yuan.

However, according to the court’s investigation, after the mediation of the previous case, although Dongheng Company revised its website, changed its name and made compensation, it continued to use the "Schneider" trademark in many scenarios, including the homepage, article titles, product price lists and product links, of its official website.

This repeated infringement of intellectual property rights is of a bad nature. The court therefore also fully supported the amount of economic losses claimed by Schneider China Company in this case. The judgment made by Chaoyang Court reflects the court's determination to toughen the penalties on intentional and repeated infringement of intellectual property rights, which is conducive to enhance the confidence of foreign enterprises in their investment in China.