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Newman is being represented by Joint-Win Partners.
Public information on Microsoft’s counsel is less direct. Fangda Partners has published21 a note stating that it represented a Microsoft affiliate in a Shanghai IP Court patent infringement case brought by a U.S.-based NPE, resulting in a first-instance non-infringement judgment and a successful prior-art defense. The Fangda note does not identify Newman or the patent by name.
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newman-infinite-prevails-on-majority-of-claims-in-patent-infringement-case-302427381.html ↩︎
- The public CNIPA record shows three administrative invalidation decisions; Newman appears to count a further validity defense in the infringement case as the fourth challenge.
↩︎ - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/microsofts-fourth-failed-invalidation-attempt-brings-newman-infinite-touch-patent-dispute-to-china-supreme-peoples-court-302753413.html ↩︎
- CNIPA Decision No. 567156, case No. 4W116533, invalidation petition filed July 29, 2023, decision dated May 6, 2024.
↩︎ - CNIPA Decision No. 568592, case No. 4W117583, invalidation petition filed February 7, 2024, decision dated May 6, 2024.
↩︎ - CNIPA Decision No. 600211, case No. 4W119569, invalidation petition filed February 10, 2025, decision dated September 29, 2025.
↩︎ - https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/art/2025/4/27/art_2633_199367.html ↩︎
- https://ipr.mofcom.gov.cn/caselib/exDetail.shtml?caseId=53d8a6049801af80019a151762371f69 ↩︎
- CNIPA Decision No. 567156, case No. 4W116533, invalidation petition filed July 29, 2023, decision dated May 6, 2024.
↩︎ - CNIPA Decision No. 568592, case No. 4W117583, invalidation petition filed February 7, 2024, decision dated May 6, 2024.
↩︎ - https://www.fangdalaw.com/content/details34_8458.html ↩︎
- https://ipr.mofcom.gov.cn/caselib/exDetail.shtml?caseId=53d8a,the 6049801af80019a151762371f69 ↩︎
- CNIPA Decision No. 567156, section 3.1: “The clutch user interface element is an activation switch for the manipulable function of the target user interface element, and isolates the target user interface element to avoid undesired manipulation of non-target user interface elements.”
↩︎ - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newman-infinite-prevails-on-majority-of-claims-in-patent-infringement-case-302427381.html ↩︎
- CNIPA Decision No. 568592, section 5.1: “The Selection Lock Toggle button can prevent mistaken operations, but that button is unrelated to controlling whether the manipulation function of the locked object is activated. Whether or not the button is pressed does not affect whether the manipulation function of the locked object is activated. By contrast, in this patent, the clutch user interface element is an activation switch for the manipulable function of the target user interface element, and the target user interface element can be manipulated only when its manipulable function is activated.”
↩︎ - CNIPA Decision No. 568592, section 4.1: “The operation of long-pressing the Word icon to bring up a function menu is obviously different from the rectangle-moving operation in Chapter 7 … the content cited by the petitioner does not belong to one technical solution and does not comply with the rule of separate comparison for novelty.”
↩︎ - CNIPA Decision No. 600211, section 3.2.1: “Only when the operating finger leaves the screen is the original folder moved. As long as the finger has not left the screen, the screen continues to show a lower-transparency original folder and a higher-transparency moving folder; the moving folder is only a preview of the original folder moving to the preview position.”
↩︎ - CNIPA Decision No. 567156, Decision Point: “In human-computer interaction, back-end processing is usually invisible to the user. Where it is not expressly disclosed, the decision-maker should assess, based on user input and output, whether the back-end processing can be determined directly and unambiguously. Back-end features should be considered together with the front-end interaction features.”
↩︎ - CNIPA Decision No. 68592, Decision Point: “Back-end processing is the bridge between front-end input and output. Where it is not expressly disclosed, the decision-maker should consider the software-interaction characteristics, user input and output result to determine whether the back-end processing can be identified directly and unambiguously. Back-end features should be assessed together with the front-end human-computer interaction features.”
↩︎ - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newman-infinite-prevails-on-majority-of-claims-in-patent-infringement-case-302427381.html, ↩︎
- https://www.fangdalaw.com/content/details34_8458.html ↩︎