Trademark: Court rules in favor of Qualcomm

A court verdict on Tuesday brought an end to a seven-year trademark conflict between a local maker of electronic products and a US chip maker, both of which sell their products under the Chinese name "Gao Tong" in the Chinese market.

Gotop, a Shanghai-based private business, lost the trademark infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc, including a request for 100 million yuan ($15.2 million) in compensation, in Shanghai High People's Court, based on the conclusion that the business scope of the two companies, which both hold the Chinese name Gao Tong, don't overlap.

Gotop, founded in 1992, makes a variety of electronic products, such as video graphics cards, LCD touch screens and electronic tags for commodities on supermarket shelves. It also makes semiconductor chips for mobile phones and tablets.