SEA Games 31 trademark is violated, BTC warns

The announcement of the Organizing Committee of the 31st SEA Games said that recently, at some events and in the market, there have been phenomena of trademark infringement of the Games. Some individuals and organizations have used the congress’s trademark without being licensed by the Organizing Committee, such as producing imitation Sao La stuffed animals, imitation Sao La official stuffed animals of the Games, using the SEA Games 31 logo attached on it. goods such as sportswear, attaching the name and logo of SEA Games 31 on events.

Specifically, according to the report of the Legal Advisory Center of Hanoi Law University and the MD Law Firm, there are stuffed animals made from Sao La design – the mascot of Dai Nam University on the market. festival. These are product samples that are not licensed by the Organizing Committee to produce stuffed animals of the SEA Games mascot 31 and a trademark violation of the Games. The 31st SEA Games Organizing Committee affirmed the ownership of the 31st SEA Games trademark and coordinated with the Legal Counseling Center of Hanoi Law University and MD Law Firm to handle these violations.

SEA Games 31 will take place from May 12 to 23 in Hanoi and 11 neighboring cities and provinces. The Vietnamese sports delegation attended with 1,341 members, including 1,277 coaches and athletes. Vietnam competed in all 40 events, aiming for the top goal of the whole team with 140 gold medals.