Treasury Wine Estates has scored a major courtroom victory in China, winning more than $10 million in damages after a years-long fight against a wine brand accused of mimicking its iconic Penfolds label. Read More
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A Chinese winery has been fined after authorities seized more than 1,500 bottles of sparkling wine falsely labeled as Champagne, the latest in a string of trademark infringement cases involving European wine regions in China. Read More
A landmark trademark infringement case involving Australian wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) and its flagship Penfolds brand has been officially recognised by China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC). Read More
The latest twist in fake Penfolds saga was unexpected: a wine company not only established a “Penfold Family Wine Club” in China but also enlisted a man claiming to be the “seventh-generation heir of the Penfolds family” to endorse their activities. Read More
Counterfeit Bordeaux wines including top labels such as Petrus and Chateau Lafite Rothschild, valued at half a million yuan, have been uncovered by police in Beijing. Read More
In a win for popular Australian wine brand Penfolds, the Xiamen Intermediate People’s Court in Fujian Province has ordered two trading companies to pay RMB 1 million (US$145,000) for infringing the trademark of Penfolds. Read More
DBR Lafite Group has been awarded nearly RMB 80 million in a landmark lawsuit case against counterfeiters, a record-breaking amount granted to a foreign wine company. Read More
Fujian, the affluent coastal province in southern China, has announced one of the province's biggest fake wine busts in its history: over 40,000 bottles of fake DBR Lafite and Penfolds were uncovered in a police raid. Read More
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), the parent company of popular brand Penfolds, has secured a landmark win in China's highest court against Penfolds copycat 'Rush Rich' after six years of legal battle spanning courts in Australia and China. Read More
Producers of "Champagne life" perfume in China are not having the time of their life right now, after being sued by Comité Champagne. Read More