Acts of Trademark Licensing Not Constitute Trademark Infringement

Many articles have been written on the first-instance judgement of the case of trademark infringement "HENGSHENG" (恒生) v. "HENGSHENG" (恒生)(two homonymous trademarks), commenting on the legal consequences of the conflict between the two trademarks. This article is intended to probe into the issue that the trademark licensor involved in the case bears the joint and several liabilities.