The trademark infringement dispute involving Ralph Lauren, which lasted nearly eight years, has finally reached its conclusion. The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court recently issued a first-instance civil judgment in a series of trademark infringement cases jointly filed by Polo/Lauren Company, Ralph Lauren Asia Pacific Limited, and Ralph Lauren Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. against Shanghai Ruifa Apparel Co., Ltd., Qingyuan Huahao Zhibao Leather Apparel Products Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Huahao Industry Co., Ltd., and Luoding Yasi Apparel Co., Ltd. The court ruled that the defendants' use of 'Polo', 'Polo Sport', 'Polo Gear', and 'Polo Polo Sport' constituted trademark infringement and must immediately cease all infringing activities, including stopping the use of similar trademarks, stopping the sale of products bearing similar trademarks, and paying a total compensation of 20 million yuan. Compared to previous administrative judgments that declared infringing trademarks invalid, the significance of this civil judgment is that it has binding force to require the stores and other channels suspected of infringement to cease operations, and the total compensation of 20 million yuan is far higher than the statutory maximum compensation amount of 5 million yuan stipulated by trademark law, making this one of the cases with the highest compensation in trademark infringement cases in China. (Interface News)