Chinese tea chain ordered to pay compensation to Louis Vuitton

Popular Chinese tea chain Molly Tea has been ordered to pay 10.3m yuan ($1.5m) in damages after a court ruled that its logo infringed a Louis Vuitton trademark, the BBC writes.

Chinese media reported last week that a court in the eastern Jiangsu province ruled that the Shenzhen-based tea company had copied Louis Vuitton’s iconic four-petal flower design.

On Thursday, a court in Suzhou ordered Molly Tea to stop using the logo, issue a public apology and to pay damages to Louis Vuitton, according to Chinese state media China Daily.