Donald Trump won the US presidential election, but he has reportedly lost his trademark suit twice in China in the past five years, media reported on Monday.

The trademark "TRUMP" with the file number of 5771154 at China’s Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry & Commerce was registered by Donald Trump in December 2006. It could be used for the purpose of decoration and repair in residential properties and hotels. But another "TRUMP" trademark with the number 5743720, which could be used in construction, was registered in 2006 by a Chinese man named Dong Wei, according to the public filing of the suit.

In November 2009 Trump appealed to the trademark office asking for the right to use his trademark in construction of commercial properties and hotels, but the request was rejected by the bureau.

Later, he brought the lawsuit to the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court and then Beijing Higher People's Court. The higher court decided to accept the case in 2015. But it rejected Trump's claim in May 2015.

This means the U.S. President-elect Trump can not use his trademark in the construction sector in China.

Trump has filed some 82 trademarks ranging in different fields like insurance, finance, education, real estate, etc. from 2006 to 2016 in China, and 78 of them are valid, local media reported, quoting public filing. The public records also show that Trump filed two registrations for trademarks on April 15, 2016, when the U.S. Presidential campaign was ongoing across the Pacific.

The Beijing-based law firm Unitalen Attorneys at Law that has been handling the case for years said on Monday that it will release further information about the suit in one or two days, according to Global Times.