Trademark Squatter Tells Telsa It Will Cost Them $32 Million To Use Their Name In China

China is the largest automarket in the world, and even if the economy is slowing down, new car sales are on high gear as just last month sales rose almost 11 percent according to the China Association of Auto Manufacturers.

Considering this, Tesla Motors, one of the most successful carmaker that builds electric vehicles, including the Model S luxury sedan is trying to enter the market. But there’s a problem. According to the Chinese authorities, the name Tesla Motors Inc is already trademarked in China by someone else. Zhan Baosheng successfully registered the “Tesla” trademark for land, air, and marine transportation vehicles in 12 categories in 2009.

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HughJass - 8/13/2013 5:45:20 PM

+1 Boost

And that is the basis of Chinese innovation and creativity, patent in the home market what someone created elsewhere.

Sure would like President Jesus to start punching the Chinese back for stealing all of our stuff. A nuke here and there should do it, its not as though they'd risk doing anything to us, after all, we made them who they are and provided them with the feeling as though their country is modern.

TheSteve - 8/13/2013 11:00:44 PM

+1 Boost

AutoSpies' headline should at least get Tesla's spelling correct (it's not "Telsa").