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Supreme Court rules in favour of basketball legend Jordan after eight-year battle

Retired Chicago Bulls player and six-time NBA championship winner Michael Jordan [COURTESY]

China's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of basketball legend Michael Jordan in a long-running trademark dispute, ending an eight-year legal battle with a Chinese sportswear firm that illegally used his name.

Upholding intellectual property rights is one of the core disputes of the US-China trade war, and a phase one deal signed in January saw Beijing pledge to improve protections of intellectual property.

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