Su Bai looked at Li Xuezhen's pleading gaze, smiled faintly, and nodded.
His meaning was clear: leave the rest to me.
Throughout the entire trial, the defendant had been resorting to sophistry.
For example—Jordan's Right of Name and his famous Flying Man Pose.
These two points, no matter how one looked at them,
both brought the famous foreign basketball star Jordan to mind first, subconsciously, among consumers and the public.
What had the defendant, Jordan Sports Co., Ltd., done?
They had skirted the boundaries and engaged in sophistry.
They claimed that the foreign Jordan's name was not the name used in China.
They also claimed that Jordan's famous Air Jordan pose involved holding a basketball, whereas theirs depicted a faceless person holding a table tennis ball.
They used these arguments to deny, on objective grounds, any connection with Jordan.
But what was the reality?
Did the defendant, Jordan Sports Co., Ltd., really not know that they had built their reputation by exploiting Jordan's fame and popularity among fans in China?
They knew perfectly well!
Otherwise, why had they registered the name Jordan instead of some other name?
Wasn't their actual purpose still to rely on Jordan's fame?
They relied on that to generate marketing revenue and sales.
It greatly reduced their own marketing costs while directly raising their brand several tiers.
They also evaded the associated legal liability, using sophistry to rebut the claims against them.
But whether that sophistry held up still depended on the presiding judge's determination.
Meanwhile,
as the presiding judge organized both sides' arguments,
the viewers watching the trial livestream had, well, a few things to say about the defendant's arguments.
They were rather speechless and were furiously criticizing them.
"What's the defendant talking about? A table tennis paddle?"
"Wow, Jordan isn't Jordan, and a basketball