Small NZ business in trademark stoush with Chinese giant Huawei

Small NZ business in trademark stoush with Chinese giant Huawei
NDG Ltd used a similar trademark to one of Huawei's. (Image: Getty)
Ben Moore
The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand has invalidated the trademark for a range of electronic goods sold by Huawei under the brand OptiXstar after the giant Chinese corporate threatened a NZ minnow with legal action.Network Design Group (NDG), a networking solutions consultancy based in Ashburton, applied to the Intellectual Property Office of NZ (IPONZ) to invalidate the trademark after legal letters from Huawei. NDG sells networking hardware under the name Optistar and uses a logo with that brand name and a five-pointed star.Hu...

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