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Jenny Chan 陳詠欣
Nov 6, 2014

Alibaba softens stance on 'Double-Eleven' trademark battle

HANGZHOU - After the 'Double-Eleven' trademark issue triggered a three-week long war of words between e-commerce rivals, Alibaba Group CEO Jonathan Lu (陆兆禧) is now saying it is "always an open festival that belongs to all participants".

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