During a recent visit to China, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met with China's propaganda chief Liu Yunshan as well as fellow media guru Jack Ma. A court in the Chinese capital, Beijing, has ruled in favour of Facebook in a case that it brought against a Chinese company that had registered ‘face book’ as a separate trademark. Photograph: Imaginechina/ While China has blocked Facebook, the company is operating a high-profile campaign to try to gain access to the vast market. The court ruling has prompted observers to question whether this may be working and whether the government’s stance is softening. Other high-profile companies have not been as fortunate, with Apple losing a similar case last week when it was ruled that a local leather goods company could continue to brand its goods with the name ‘IPHONE’.
A court in the Chinese capital, Beijing, has ruled in favour of Facebook in a case that it brought against a Chinese company that had registered ‘face book’ as a separate trademark. Photograph: Imaginechina/ While China has blocked Facebook, the company is operating a high-profile campaign to try to gain access to the vast market. The court ruling has prompted observers to question whether this may be working and whether the government’s stance is softening. Other high-profile companies have not been as fortunate, with Apple losing a similar case last week when it was ruled that a local leather goods company could continue to brand its goods with the name ‘IPHONE’.