FILE – In this Aug. 21, 2015, file photo, former NBA star and current owner of the Charlotte Hornets, Michael Jordan, smiles at reporters in Chicago. President Barack Obama is honoring Jordan, Cicely Tyson, Tom Hanks, and others with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Following a major win in a trademark case at the Chinese Supreme People’s Court in December, former National Basketball Association star Michael Jordan and law firm Fangda Partners were recently sued in Beijing by manufacturer Qiaodan Sportswear Co.