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Charlotte Pipe tells Senate it cannot reclaim U.S. brand in Chinese courts after foreign company registered its trademark
Summary
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry described to senators a long legal fight after a Shanghai company registered the Charlotte Pipe trademark in China; the firm said Chinese adjudicators and courts upheld the foreign registration and the company has spent millions pursuing remedies.
At a Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property hearing, a Charlotte Pipe executive described a multinational trademark dispute in which a Shanghai firm registered and used the Charlotte Pipe brand in China, and Chinese adjudicators sustained that registration.
Mr. Mueller, vice president of corporate communications and government affairs for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company, told the subcommittee the family‑owned manufacturer was founded in 1909 and employs about 1,800 associates in eight U.S. plants. He said Charlotte Pipe first learned in 2017 that a company identified in testimony as Yitai Plastic Company…
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