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Yadea's IP challenge to Kawasaki's logo stumbles in New Zealand

By James Panichi ( June 11, 2025, 08:13 GMT | Insight) -- China’s Yadea Technology Group has failed to stop Kawasaki Motors from using its logo in New Zealand, with the country’s intellectual property agency concluding the multinational motorcycle manufacturer failed to prove that the use of its trademark predated that of Kawasaki. In a decision published this week, New Zealand Intellectual Property Office Assistant Commissioner Nigel Robb also found that, contrary to Yadea’s arguments, the trademarked logos of the two companies weren’t “identical or substantially identical.”Yadea Technology Group has failed to stop Kawasaki Motors from using its logo in New Zealand, with the country’s intellectual property agency concluding the Chinese multinational motorcycle manufacturer failed to prove that the use of its trademark predated that of Kawasaki....

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