, meaning that Jordan was entitled to protection under the trademark law

Carlos Sainz admits Toro Rosso could struggle during the second half of the season as a result of running a 2015 Formula One engine that is no longer being developed.Toro Rosso switched from Renault to Ferrari engines ahead of this season, but the lateness of the deal meant the team had to use a 2015-spec power unit in order to avoid having to build a brand new chassis at the last minute to accommodate a 2016 engine.As a result, the Faenza-based outfit has slowly been dropping down the pecking order as rival teams have continued to develop their own engines. Sainz says he is under no illusions of how much of a challenge the rest of 2016 could prove to be.Unfortunately now every race will be tricky, he said. Budapest should have been our strongest track and we were definitely struggling to be ahead of the midfield. It will be a tough season for us now.Its no secret that weve been falling back since Australia when we were P5 or P7 in quali, to now that we really struggle to make it to Q3. Its no secret the steps that Force India and McLaren have made are making it more difficult to go through.I think we know more or less where we are going to spend the rest of the season, obviously we are keeping a close eye on what McLaren and Force India are doing, but our position should always be between the fourth and seventh teams, depending on the track.Despite a disappointing German Grand Prix in which Sainz and teammate Daniil Kvyat struggled for pace, the Spaniard is happy with the job Toro Rosso has done considering the engine disadvantage.We are compensating with good strategies and good pit stops, good race performances, we more or less compensate the lack of development. 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He had previously argued unsuccessfully in Beijing courts that Qiaodan Sports had used his Chinese name, his old jersey number 23 and his basketball player logo to make it look like he was associated with their brand.The Supreme Peoples Court on Thursday announced that it was overturning two rulings by Beijing courts against Jordan from 2014 and 2015 that had found there wasnt sufficient evidence to support the athletes allegations over the use of his image and that Qiaodan was the translation of a common family name as the Chinese company claimed.It also ordered the trademark bureau to issue a new ruling on the use of the Chinese characters in the brand name Qiaodan, effectively awarding the trademark to Jordan. The company can continue to use the Romanized spelling of the name, however.Chief judge Tao Kaiyuan said there was an established link between Jordan and the Chinese characters for Qiaodan, which are commonly used by the public when referring to the former basketball player, meaning that Jordan was entitled to protection under the trademark law.The courts judgment was showwn live on its website.ddddddddddddJordan said in a statement that millions of Chinese fans and consumers had always known him by the name Qiaodan and that he was happy the court recognized his right to protect his name.Chinese consumers deserve to know that Qiaodan Sports and its products have no connection to me. Nothing is more important than protecting your own name, and todays decision shows the importance of that principle, Jordan said.In a statement after the ruling, the company defended its actions but said it would respect the courts decision.In a twist in the legal saga, Qiaodan Sports successfully countersued Jordan in 2013 for preventing it from pursuing a stock market listing because of the trademark lawsuit.The case reflects the difficulties faced by foreign individuals and companies in protecting their copyrights in China, where domestic firms have long taken a cavalier attitude toward intellectual property.Numerous Chinese companies sell products with names that sound similar to well-known foreign brands, often with only one or two letters changed.Chinese law protects foreign companies in cases where their brand was already famous in China before being registered by a Chinese firm seeking to capitalize on its notoriety.However, Apple Inc. lost a legal battle earlier this year when a Beijing court ruled the company had failed to prove that iPhone was a famous brand in China before a Chinese company applied for the iPhone trademark in 2007. The Chinese company uses iPhone on its handbags and mobile phone cases. ' ' '