Earlier this month, the State Intellectual Property Office in China announced that the litigation request from Xiaomi was rejected by the Beijing Intellectual Property Court. The company had applied for a “MIX” trademark that was declined due to clashes with an existing trademark from a different company.
According to a MyDrivers report, the Chinese tech giant had filed a trademark application for “MIX” but this was rejected. The disputed trademark is for No. 29673851 for “MIX” that is designated to gadgets like ‘computers; pedometers; mobile phones; sensors, etc.’ Now, the judgement states that the trademark for that includes “MIX” is disputed as it is already related to an existing trademark that is registered by another smartphone brand, Meizu, and is similar to its Meizu MIX trademark.
Furthermore, the court also pointed out that it is also in use by other companies as well. Notably, one of the primary reasons for the rejection of the litigation request was due to the nature of the products that the term “MIX” was used on, since both Meizu and Xiaomi use it on similar products. The latter had first introduced its Mi MIX smartphone back in October 2016, on the other hand, the Meizu MIX had been unveiled two months prior. Although, unlike Xiaomi, Meizu had launched a smart watch instead of a handset.
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