Peimeng · March 29 - April 4 China IP Weekly Newsletter
Huawei will negotiate with Apple and Samsung to use 5G patents
March 31, 2021
Song Liuping, chief legal officer of Huawei, said on March 16, 2021 that the company will negotiate with Apple and Samsung to use 5G patents.
It is understood that Huawei will cap licensing fees at $2.50 for each phone that complies with 5G standards, and will offer a reasonable percentage of the price of the phone. Huawei insiders said the company would promise to charge lower rates than rivals such as Qualcomm, Ericsson and Nokia.
Chairman of Qinghai Artists Association plagiarized painting, be suspended from work while being investigated!
March 31, 2021
On March 30, 2021, the reporter learned from the Qinghai Federation of Literary and Art Circulations that the provincial Federation of Literary and Art decided to suspend Wang Xiaoli, chairman of the Qinghai Artists Association. Earlier, Wang Xiaoli, director of the Chinese Artists Association and chairman of the Qinghai Artists Association, allegedly copied some of the works of calligrapher Ma Hansong in a number of paintings. After looking at the comparison pictures, many comments pointed out that the similarity of the paintings is like "photocopying".
Trilateral Offices of CNIPA, JPO and KIPO agree on a new vision statement
April 1, 2021
The new vision statement of the Trilateral offices has been agreed, which originates from the 38th Trilateral Conference in December 2020. During the virtual conference, the heads of the European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO) and United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) committed to jointly develop the new future direction for the Trilateral Co-operation.
Be careful not to make your patent public ahead of time!
March 30, 2021
Novelty is one of the three requirements for patent application to be authorized. In practice, such a situation often occurs: an invention with great practical value and high degree of creativity, but because the inventor does not understand the patent authorization requirements, he or she publicly discloses the technical scheme before the application date, resulting in the relevant application is rejected by the patent examination department because it does not meet the novelty.
What are the high value invention patents? China National Intellectural Property Administration gave the definition for the first time
March 30, 2021
How to define high value invention patent? Why is the index "ownership of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population" set? How to better protect and incentivize high-value patents? Ge Shu, Director General of the Strategic Planning Department of the National Intellectual Property Administration, recently accepted an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency.
How to define high value invention patent?
Ge Shu introduced that China clearly includes the following 5 kinds of valid invention patents into the statistical range of high-value invention patents:
Invention patents in strategic emerging industries
A patent for invention for which the patent right of the same clan is held overseas
Patents for inventions with a duration of more than 10 years
The invention patent that realizes the higher amount of pledge financing
The invention patent that has won the State Science and Technology Award or China Patent Award
Final judgment of trademark infringement case of "Guanshengyuan"：Compensation of ￥500,000！
March 29, 2021
Recently, the Shanghai intellectual property court (hereinafter referred to as the Shanghai know made in court) ruled on Shanghai Guanshengyuan food co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the Shanghai Guanshengyuan company) and the district of chengdu Guanshengyuan food co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the new Guanshengyuan company) the infringement trademark rights and unfair competition disputes cases, maintaining the first-instance judgment, ordered new born Guanshengyuan company immediately stop the infringement Shanghai Guanshengyuan "
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Gree Electric： The number of invention patents granted exceeded 10,000, The first home appliance industry in China
March 29, 2021
Gree Electric Appliances,Inc. of Zhuhai had licensed more than 10,000 invention patents as of March 2021, according to data from China's State Intellectual Property Office. According to the existing data, Gree Electric Appliances has become the first domestic home appliance enterprise with more than 10,000 authorized invention patents.
The 2020 International Intellectual Property Protection Rankings have been released
April 1, 2021
On March 31, 2021, the Legal Service Department of China Chamber of International Commerce (CICC) released the International Intellectual Property Protection Index Report 2020 in Beijing. In 2020, global IPR protection, especially in key monitoring countries, will overcome the impact of the epidemic and maintain a long-term trend of strengthening IPR protection, reporters from Economic Information Daily learned at a press conference.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dropped its four-year antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm
March 30, 2021
The U.S.Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on March 29, 2021 that it will drop its four-year antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm and will not seek Supreme Court review of the Federal Appeals Court ruling. The move comes after the FTC accused Qualcomm of abusing its dominant position in smartphone chip manufacturing by charging handset makers excessive licensing fees.
IBM Sues Rakuten for Infringement of E-Commerce Patents
April 1, 2021
On Monday, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) filed a complaint in the District of Delaware against Rakuten Inc., Rakuten USA Inc., Rakuten Commerce LLC, and Ebates Inc. doing business as Rakuten for patent infringement, alleging that the defendants infringed its patents related to e-commerce. Rakuten is an e-commerce website that “connects consumers wishing to make purchases of products with providers of those products.”
"Luoyang Peony" has an ID card！
March 29, 2021
Recently, it is reported that the geographical indication certification trademark of "Luoyang Peony" has been approved and registered by China National Intellectural Property Administration and will be put into full use in Luoyang soon. This not only signifies that "peony" in "Luoyang peony is the best in the world" has its own identity, but also means that "Luoyang" is "the most suitable place for flowers in Luoyang, and peony is especially rare in the world", and "Luoyang" has been recognized by the national level by virtue of its unique geographical and regional characteristics of peony. "Luoyang Peony" geographical indication certification trademark is also the seventh national geographical indication certification trademark successfully applied by Luoyang, and it is the only one registered with the prefix of "Luoyang".
Jiangxi issued the relevant plan, Infringements of intellectual property rights will be included in corporate and individual credit systems
March 29, 2021
On March 28, 2021, the reporter learns from jiangxi market supervision bureau, the bureau in recently issued by the intellectual property administrative protection in jiangxi province in 2021 work plan ", from the organization to carry out the ipr law enforcement and special operations, strengthen intellectual property rights dispute handling eight aspects, such as the deployment of patents, trademarks, geographical indications administrative protection of the concrete work.
