There were two cases in May! Emoji, a big activist, once again joined hands with HSP, and the funds of several seller accounts were frozen!

Emoji stopped at the beginning of this year after 38 cases of defending rights and suing thousands of sellers last year. This also makes the majority of sellers think that the storm has passed and take risks to put related products on the shelves, but they don’t know that this is only a short-term calm. In the past two months, Emoji once again joined hands with his old partner HSP to sue the sellers suspected of infringement on the Internet for many times, which quite swept the whole network last year.

Emoji, as the most popular and widely received series of emoticons on the Internet, frequently appears in our lives. Its peripheral products are numerous, and they are sold on major online platforms, which are warmly welcomed by buyers. However, in this way, it also brings great infringement risks to countless sellers. If you want to know more about the case quickly, you can pay attention to “Mai Jia Support”!

Basic information of the case:

CaseNo.: 22-cv-02378

Time of filing the case: May 116, 2022

Brand: Emoji Company GmbH

Plaintiff brand: Emoji

Plaintiff’s law firm: HSP

Brand introduction:

It was first created by Japanese Shigetaka Kurita, who turned his eyes to various childhood elements for inspiration, such as Japanese cartoons and Japanese characters. “There are many different symbols in Japanese comics. Cartoonists will draw some expressions showing that a person is sweating or a light bulb appears on his head when generate comes up with an idea. ” At the same time, I have gained an ability from Japanese characters to express abstract concepts such as “secret” and “love” with simple characters.

Since the emoji was added to the iOS 5 input method released by Apple, this emoji has been widely used in various mobile phone short messages and social networks. Up to now, the global usage rate of emoji emoticons is about 90%, and an average of about 6 billion emoticons are transmitted every day! It is no exaggeration to say that emoji has become one of Japan’s largest export commodities. People even regard emoji as an art. In 2016, new york Museum of Modern Art listed emoji as a permanent collection, including 176 original emoji expressions born in 1999.

Trademark information:

According to statistics, emoji has more than 500 trademarks (including pictures, words and derivatives). Sellers and friends must carefully check whether their product links are involved and check them off the shelves in time to avoid infringement and harm their own interests.

Examples of cross-border infringing products:

The latest progress of the case before the press release:

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