Chinese Court Rules That Amazon’s Cloud Service Violated Copyright, Bans It From Using Logo
Amazon Connect Technology Services (Beijing) Co., a Chinese subsidiary of Amazon, was determined by a Beijing court to be held liable for trademark infringement over its use of the logo “AWS.” The court banned the e-commerce giant from using the logo in China.
“AWS” refers to Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing service operated by Amazon.
A Chinese tech company, Beijing ActionSoft Science and Technology Development Company, sued Amazon and its local Chinese partner, Beijing Sinnet Technology Co., in July 2018 for their use of the “AWS” logo.