Category: China
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Lenovo and China Telecom join Avanci EV Charger program as licensors; Japanese licensee signs up
It’s a continuation of a theme for the pool operator, which has seen a boom in the number of Asian companies joining its programs in recent months.
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Gallium nitride patent wars: Infineon’s products removed by authorities during Shanghai trade fair
Following a preliminary injunction judgment by the Supreme People’s Court of China against Infineon last month, the company was ordered to remove several of its products on display at Asia’s largest electronics trade fair yesterday.
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China’s top court extends stronger automotive IP enforcement to special-purpose vehicles in Zoomlion v. Chengli patent case
China’s Supreme People’s Court has ordered Chengli to pay Zoomlion over $3.5 million in damages. While the award is modest compared with the largest EV battery or chassis disputes, it has been described as the largest known patent damages award in China’s special-purpose vehicle sector.
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China’s Supreme People’s Court confirms Innoscience’s China GaN injunctions against Infineon are interim relief
China’s top court has published its decisions in Innoscience v. Infineon, which support ip fray’s reading of Innoscience’s China GaN win over Infineon as interim relief, not final merits wins.
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Mediation and Arbitration as Settlement Pathways in Chinese Patent Disputes
China has no UPC Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre equivalent. Its relevant pathways are more dispersed. This article maps those pathways and explains how they may matter in Chinese patent disputes.
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OxFora’s 14th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum less than one week away (23, 24 June)
The 14th edition of this event will be held in the DPMA Forum, Munich next week. ip fray plans to cover the conference during and after it takes place.
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Infineon disputes Innoscience’s claim of “final Chinese GaN patent victory”
In a statement to ip fray, Infineon said China’s Supreme People’s Court decision concerned preliminary injunction relief and that the main proceedings remain ongoing.
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Chongqing court’s higher 5G aggregate royalty burden in ZTE v. Samsung ruling (than in OPPO v. Nokia) has reasons
In ZTE v. Samsung, the Chongqing court explained why the 5G aggregate royalty rate adopted in OPPO v. Nokia should not be treated as an industry-recognised benchmark and characterised it instead as an “interim figure” used to resolve a particular dispute.
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German innovative strength has significantly weakened due to insufficient investment in R&D, report reveals
China has taken ownership of more than 11,300 patents developed in Germany over the past two decades, and that number is likely to keep increasing, according to a study by the German Economic Institute (IW).