China awards $1.5 mn in damages to New Balance

A Chinese court has awarded US athletics shoemaker New Balance some $1.5 million in copyright damages over its famous "N" logo, a rare victory for a Western brand in the country.A court in the eastern city of Suzhou ruled that three defendants who made shoes under the brand name New Boom "acted in concert to infringe" the rights of the US firm, according to a copy of the verdict obtained Thursday by AFP.