康巴赫高调专利维权，苏泊尔不粘锅怎么了？

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(Summary description)10月21日，广州《羊城晚报》一个整版广告备受外界的注意和猜测，与以往不同，这份广告是一封感谢信，其内容为“苏白尔，感谢你，要不是你的模仿，无人知晓蜂窝不粘锅原创发明者是我”，末尾的落款人是康巴赫。10月23日，德国锅具品牌康巴赫在广州香格里拉酒店召开新闻发布会，宣称已正式提起对苏泊尔涉嫌专利侵权的诉讼，认为苏泊尔在未经授权的情况下，某产品涉嫌侵犯康巴赫蜂窝不粘专利技术，对康巴赫造成的经济损失高达

康巴赫高调专利维权，苏泊尔不粘锅怎么了？

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Author:华讯知识产权
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10月21日，广州《羊城晚报》一个整版广告备受外界的注意和猜测，与以往不同，这份广告是一封感谢信，其内容为 “苏白尔，感谢你，要不是你的模仿，无人知晓蜂窝不粘锅原创发明者是我”，末尾的落款人是康巴赫。10月23日，德国锅具品牌康巴赫在广州香格里拉酒店召开新闻发布会，宣称已正式提起对苏泊尔涉嫌专利侵权的诉讼，认为苏泊尔在未经授权的情况下，某产品涉嫌侵犯康巴赫蜂窝不粘专利技术，对康巴赫造成的经济损失高达百亿。

德国康巴赫于2012年引进中国市场，浙江巴赫厨具有限公司是其中国合作方，经过短短几年的发展，康巴赫取得了不错的销售业绩。涉案专利的名称为“一种不锈钢或复合钢的不粘锅的制造方法”，专利号为ZL20131 0089292.6，专利发明人为严卫星，专利人权叶雪霞，据称，权利人可能已经变更为浙江巴赫厨具有限公司。根据其专利摘要信息可知，专利技术属于不粘锅制造工艺技术领域。它解决了现有技术中的不粘锅不粘性能较差且容易造成污染等技术问题，包括如下步骤：a、表面花纹处理：在不锈钢板表面预设区域内通过化学蚀刻或雕刻或滚压方法形成预定图案的凹凸纹路；b、拉伸成型：将不锈钢板拉伸成型制成锅体，使预设区域位于成型后锅体中的工作区域内；c、喷涂不粘涂料：对锅体内表面有的预设区域进行喷涂不粘涂料，使得锅体的内表面的预设区域涂覆有不粘涂层；d、打磨：对锅体内表面的预设区域进行机械打磨，将凹凸纹路中的凸起面处的不粘涂层去除，保留凹凸纹路中凹进面处的不粘涂层。本发明具有耐用且不粘性能好等优点。可以实现不粘锅“具有坚固耐用、持久不粘等好处，大大增加了不粘锅的使用寿命”。涉案专利的独立权利要求对制作过程中的烘烤温度、烘烤时间、蚀刻温度、化学溶液浓度、蚀刻压力等做了限定。康巴赫认为苏泊尔在未经许可授权的情况下，盗用其专利技术，并围绕该专利技术生产、销售了一系列的侵权产品。苏泊尔不粘锅是市场上销售比较热门的产品，从目前掌握的相关信息来看，无法确定是否构成专利侵权，值得注意的是，方法专利不同于产品专利，因为专利使用的隐蔽性，被告需要承担一定的举证责任，苏泊尔应当提供“其不粘锅制造方法的证明”，表明其实施的方法与专利方法之间的异同。

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应对康巴赫高调的维权，苏泊尔也采取了紧急应对措施，向浙江省杭州市中级人民法院以现金300万元提起诉前行为保全担保，要求康巴赫立即停止可能影响苏泊尔公司商誉的不当宣传行为。就在发布会召开前夕，康巴赫收到了相关民事裁定书，但后者并没有停止发布会。

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