Andy Lau takes on
duck shop owner
Hong Kong 'heavenly king' Andy Lau slammed for bullying an elderly
man in Sichuan, China
Sun, May 09, 2010
The Daily Chilli
Hong Kong 'heavenly king' Andy Lau has been slammed for bullying an
elderly man in Sichuan, China.
The 68-year-old man, who owns a restaurant in Chongzhou, Sichuan,
is named Liu Dehua.
His name in Chinese is the same as that of the singer which was why
he almost lost his trademark - the Authentic Liu Dehua Pressed
Salted Duck Shop.
Last week, Lau's agent in China had issued a letter to the
restaurant owner for alleged infringement of copyright and
defamation of Andy Lau.
The letter also called on Liu to remove the restaurant signage
which has the words 'Liu De Hua'.
This triggered much anger among the locals, especially regular
customers of the restaurant that has been in business for 30
years.
Liu started his business in 1980 when Lau was still using his given
name of Lau Fook-wing.
Pressed Salted Duck is a specialty in Sichuan and in the small town
of Chongzhou alone, there are more than 10 restaurants selling this
delicacy.
All the shops are named after their owners.
Liu's daughter had in an interview with Xinhua Agency said that her
father was much saddened by the letter's contents.
"My father opened this shop in 1980 using his own name. It has got
nothing to do with Andy Lau.
"We have no intention to make use of Andy's name to attract more
business," she said.
The intellectual property rights firm entrusted by Lau's company to
supervise the trademark issue had on Friday issued a statement to
say that they had withdrawn the case against the duck
shop.