According to Chinese state television, Gucci has won a trademark copycat lawsuit against a Chinese shoemaker, the state media said Tuesday, helping the luxury goods maker’s battle in a country where knockoff designer gear is widely available.

Senda Group was ordered to pay Gucci 180,000 yuan (US $26,000) in compensation for infringing on the Gucci trademark featuring an interlocking “GG,” according to the ruling handed down Monday by the People’s Court of Shanghai Pudong District.

This is a good success in a country known for rampant counterfeiting.

Axiom Worldwide acknowledged that it used two of North American Medical Corp.’s registered trademarks—the terms “Accu-Spina” and “IDD Therapy,” references to treatments for back pain—as meta tags for its own Web site.

According to the 11th Circuit opinion by Judge R. Lanier Anderson III, a computer user who entered the trademarked terms into a Google search would turn up Axiom’s Web site as the second most relevant search result. Google also provided the searcher with a brief description of Axiom’s site that included and highlighted the trademarked terms.

“This, of course, is misleading to the consumer because Axiom is not related in any way to NAM, nor does Axiom distribute or sell the products of NAM,” wrote Anderson, joined by Judge Susan H. Black and Senior Judge James C. Hill.

Despite this language, the court vacated the lower court’s injunction.  Nonetheless, the court’s language could have implications for future decisions.