Someone reported that Yuehai Street in Shenzhen used the image of an ice pier as a sticker. Is this an infringement?

This is definitely not infringement. Let's discuss from the nature of the ice pier and whether the use of the ice pier in Yuehai Street is infringement.

First of all, the image of the ice shield is definitely a work of art, which belongs to the category of intellectual property protection, and the boundary of the protection of works of art is relatively low. If others do not commercialize or reduce the artistic content of artistic works, then others do not constitute infringement. From the perspective of trademark rights, the Olympic Committee registered an ice shield. As their trademark, it is definitely infringement for others to use it for commercial purposes without the permission of the trademark owner. But Yuehai Street seems to have no commercial purpose or behavior. According to the relevant regulations of the Olympic Committee, their own regulations only say that the ice pier cannot be used for commercial purposes.

Then, it is definitely not infringement for Yuehai Street to use the image of the ice pier as a sticker. As we all know, when the epidemic situation is difficult in Shenzhen, the local epidemic prevention pressure is relatively high. Making Bingdundun's image into an epidemic prevention sticker did not reduce the social status of Bingdundun's image, nor did it have a negative impact on Bingdundun's trademark held by the Olympic Committee. Because the use of Yuehai Street is not for commercial purposes, of course, their actions cannot be infringement. This is a fact that we must know.

Finally, this infringement report is actually a bit funny. The local use of stickers with the image of ice piers is not for commercial purposes or for commercial activities. Epidemic prevention with stickers just adds some fun and spiritual support to everyone. If such use is improper, then the protection of intellectual property rights is definitely out of line. We also don't know the whistleblower's mentality of reporting this kind of good use. He must know that this behavior does not constitute infringement. Maybe this malicious report is just to rub some traffic.

To sum up, it is not a commercial act to use the image of ice pier to make stickers in Yuehai Street, Shenzhen, and its behavior does not constitute infringement.