BEIJING - A man in southern China has applied to
register a line of women's sanitary products under the name of Chinese
basketball star Yao Ming, state media said on Friday.
![](xin_09110310194489729671.jpg) China's Yao Ming lis seen in this August 27, 2006 file photo.
A man in southern China has applied to register a line of women's sanitary
products under the name of Yao Ming, state media said on Friday.
[Reuters]
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"This kind of registration is obviously malicious," Xinhua news agency quoted
"Team Yao" spokesman Lu Hao, as saying. "It's unbelievable that someone could do
such a thing. It's just too much."
Yao is one of China's best known and highest paid sportsmen. The 7ft-5in
centre plays with the Houston Rockets in the NBA.
The application, which also included Yao Ming-branded medicine and disposable
underwear, was listed on the national trademark office Web site and about to
enter a "three-month approval" period, Xinhua said.
The application comes as Chinese singer Ai Dai plans to take legal action
over a businessman registering a line of condoms in her name, Xinhua said in a
separate report.
The brand name "Ai Dai" is a play on words for "love to wear".
In July, a media storm broke after a man from China's southeastern province
of Fujian applied to register condoms and other contraceptive products using the
brand name of China's state-run news channel, CCTV1.