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Mobike sued its rival for patent infringement and demanded compensation for 2 million yuan.

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2019-12-06 11:11

According to the content announced by the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, the court recently accepted the case of Beijing mobike Technology Co., Ltd. v. Beijing Xiaoju Technology Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Qingqi Technology Co., Ltd. for infringement of invention patent rights. These three companies are currently sharing bicycles. The market has a dominant position, and its main products are mobike, Qingju Bicycle, and Xiaolan Bicycle. The patent in question is an invention patent, named "a lock", in.2015Year12Month6day application, on2018Year9Month11day to be authorized announcement. Mobike said the two defendants were in Didi.APPThe green orange bicycle and the small blue bicycle provided on the website used the horseshoe-shaped lock protected by the patent involved in the case, demanding compensation.200million infringement losses.

In the course of the lawsuit, mobike Company filed an application for evidence preservation, claiming that the locks and bicycles of the accused infringing products were under the management and control of the two defendants and were not sold publicly. mobike Company could not obtain them objectively, and the locks of remote control accused of infringement might be quickly modified. Therefore, it requested the court to take evidence preservation measures to seal up and detain the shared bicycles accused of infringement. After review, the court found that the preservation application complied with the law, and based on the value and operation of the shared bicycle, and the possible operational losses caused by evidence preservation, the collegial panel formulated a detailed preservation plan. At present, the case is under further trial.

For shared bicycles, locks are the core components. mobike has invested a lot of energy in the research and development of smart locks. Judging from the information disclosed by the Patent Office, the company has so far proposed80patent applications related to locks. At the beginning of entering the market, Mobike attached great importance to "smart lock. Some analysis articles say that the cost of a single smart lock in mobike is about200To300Yuan, the cost of the classic car is3000More than yuan. AndofoThe traditional dial-type mechanical lock that the shared bicycle was originally equipped,ofoThe cost of the mechanical lock is less15Yuan. The first generation of the whole car cost less200Yuan. NowofoBike deep in the "refund door" quagmire, almost disappeared in the market.

In mobike small orange car andofoIn the market fight for the little yellow car,ofoThe little yellow car has been stranded, but the impulse to grab benefits among bike sharing peers has become stronger. To some extent, the key to enterprise competition lies in the layout of intellectual property rights. Enterprises should combine the layout of intellectual property rights with business operations and use intellectual property weapons to set obstacles to competitors. After experiencing the melee between the market and the capital, the bicycle sharing enterprises have sounded the clarion call of the intellectual property war.