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U.S. Basketball Icon Michael Jordan Wins China Name Dispute

Basketball great Michael Jordan attends a basketball match for teenage athletes at the PalaLido in Milan, Italy, on Oct.24, 2006. Photo: DANIEL DAL ZENNARO/EPA/IC

Basketball great Michael Jordan attends a basketball match for teenage athletes at the PalaLido in Milan, Italy, on Oct.24, 2006. Photo: DANIEL DAL ZENNARO/EPA/IC

(Beijing) — China's highest court Thursday ruled in favor of American basketball icon Michael Jordan in a milestone trademark dispute against a sporting goods company that capitalized on a Chinese version of his name.

The trial, which overturned lower court verdicts, may have ended Jordan's four-year legal battle against Qiaodan Sports Co. Ltd., a Fujian-province maker of athletic gear that includes jerseys, backpacks and shoes.

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