China restricts Burberry’s leathergoods trademark

02/12/2013

UK luxury group Burberry is appealing a decision by The China Trade Mark Office to restrict the company’s trademark on its hallmark checkered pattern for leathergoods. Burberry is “confident that our appeal will be successful”, it said. Burberry’s Asia unit won a court case in Hong Kong in 2010 against Polo Santa Roberta, a maker of leather...