The dispute between Dubai-based cryptocurrency firm Alibabacoin Foundation and seems to have come to an end.
The developer of ABBC Coin and MC wallet today said it has reached an agreement to settle a long spat with the Chinese IT conglomerate which intended to block the foundation from using the Alibaba name.
More so, rumors suggested that Alibaba Group is likely to come up with a final settlement regarding an offer for acquiring Alibabacoin Foundation.
In an email to Finance Magnates, sent the following official statement: “Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. (Alibaba) and ABBC Blockchain IT Solutions LLC (ABBC) today announced that they had reached a worldwide settlement of claims involving use of the name ALIBABACOIN, with ABBC agreeing not to use trademarks that include the term ALIBABA worldwide.
“ABBC regrets any public confusion that may have arisen from its former use of ALIBABACOIN,” the statement continued.
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A US judge rejected last year a as the alleged trademark infringement would have occurred in China, rather than in the United States. The Chinese e-commerce giant argued that Alibabacoin was behind the ”unlawful scheme to misappropriate the Alibaba name” and claimed that this could potentially confuse or deceive investors worldwide. However, the judge dismissed the Alibaba Group complaints on the grounds that this matter would not fall under US jurisdiction,
Alibabacoin previously rejected Alibaba’s claims that they are infringing on its trademark, saying this name is a commonly used in Dubai, and does not belong to a certain entity or individual. Alibabacoin lawyers added that the fact that ICOs are means that confusing the two is even less likely.
However, the case contended that they published materials promoting their cryptocurrency product which impermissibly use Alibaba’s trademarks to connect AlibabaCoin with Alibaba in the mind of consumers.
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