Haagen-dazs wins infringement case in china
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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And our last word in business today comes from China, and the word is: Harga-Dazs(ph). Harga-Dazs, almost like the ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs, except for the R,
Harga-Dazs is a clothing company in China. It received permission from Chinese officials to trademark that name back in 2003. The U.S. food company General Mills, which owns the Haagen-Dazs
brand, of course, complained. Now General Mills can savor the sweet taste of justice. A judge in Beijing ruled this week, that the clothing company cannot use the name Harga-Dazs since
people could apparently confuse the clothing with the ice cream. And that's the business news on MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm
David Greene. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.