The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio, which lost its lawsuit in Germany due to similar car model indexes to the German Audi, will appeal the decision. About informs auto home.
“The German District Court in Munich ruled in first instance in the Audi case suing Nio in connection with trademark infringement disputes. We are sorry for this decision. “We will strongly object and take legal action to protect our legal rights,” Nio said in a statement.
On January 19, a court in Munich ruled in favor of Audi that the Chinese automaker must pay the German automaker €250,000 in compensation for trademark infringement, and in case of non-payment, according to the head of the German Nio agency. He faces 6 months in prison.
Audi sued Nio in 2021, alleging that the Nio ES6 and ES8 model names infringed the Audi S6 and S8 trademarks. When Nio entered the German market in October 2022, the ES7 SUV was renamed EL7.
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Source: Gazeta
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