The legendary life of the late artist Anita Mui was recently made into the movie "Anita Mui". However, Mei's elder brother Mei Qiming suddenly claimed to have a trademark for his sister's name "Anita Mui", believing that the film used the trademark without his consent and filed a filing Claim compensation from the film company and demand that no further infringement of its trademark is prohibited.
Only the barrister pointed out that the registration of trademarks in Hong Kong, including the images of registered trademarks, is not just the name itself, but also depends on whether other people object.
He admitted that Mei Qiming had little chance of winning, and he believed that the film company might apply to exclude Mei Qiming's application.
General trademark is not just the name itself
Barrister Yan Kangzhuo said that a general trademark contains a registered image, not just the name itself, and the registration of a trademark in Hong Kong also depends on whether there is opposition from others.
Mei Qiming's claim depends on the terms of his registered trademark.
He believes that the film "Anita Mui" is more likely to involve trademark infringement. The name "Anita Mui" is used in the movie itself. This depends on whether the words used in the movie poster infringe on the trademark registered by Mei Qiming.
Songs and the use of old ones will involve copyright issues
Yan pointed out that the most likely copyright issues involved in the film should be the songs and film fragments of Anita Mui used in the movie, but these copyrights belong to the relevant record company or TV station, and the clips of Anita Mui are used in the movie, and related The interview with Mui Yanfang did not use the old film, but re-shooted and produced it. He believes that this shows that the film company should have taken into account related copyright issues when handling it.
Self-filing still has the opportunity to pay the other party's costs
Although Mei Qiming did not hire a lawyer to file his own filing, he strictly pointed out that if Mei Qiming is ruled to lose, he may still have to pay the film company's legal costs.
A still from the movie "Anita Mui".
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The legend of Anita Mui was made into a movie all his life, and her brother alleged that a trademark dispute led to a lawsuit.
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Mei Qiming's claim to own the trademark of Mei Yanfang means that the film company is suspected of infringement A biographical film that causes controversy will be renamed and released
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