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(Summary description)9月19日,据路透社、BBC等多家外媒报道,美国最高法院大法官露丝·巴德·金斯伯格去世,终年87岁。 据悉,金斯伯格在13日晚间出现发烧等症状,并于当晚在华盛顿特区的西布利纪念医院接受初步检查,在14日当天转院至约翰斯·霍普金斯医院。其实在今年7月份,金斯伯格曾宣布癌症复发。金斯伯格大法官的去世轰动了整个美国,不仅成千上万的民众自发到美国最高法院门口表示哀悼,美国白宫也降半旗表示致哀。 美国大法官金斯伯格的传奇一生 1933年金斯伯格出生在纽约布鲁克林,据她本人说,她的父亲是美国第一代移民,她的母亲勉强算上美国第二代移民。金斯伯格的母亲虽然读完高中之后因为家庭原因没能再进学,但是却充满智慧。金斯伯格的母亲交给她两句话:成为淑女,独立生活。不幸的是,在金斯伯格高中毕业时,她的母亲因为身患癌症去世了。 之后,金斯伯格靠着奖学金进入康奈尔大学学习。她在康奈尔大学遇见自己的丈夫马丁,他们在大三时订了婚,毕业之后就结婚了。在大学毕业之后,因为丈夫应召入伍,金斯伯格也跟随丈夫来到俄克拉荷马州,在此期间,她在当地的社会保障部门找了份补助审查员的工作,级别是5级。然而当她告知人事部门她怀孕的消息之后,她就被安排做文员的工作,级别也被降为2级。丈夫退役后,金斯伯格与丈夫马丁进入哈佛大学法学院学习。丈夫马丁毕业之后,在纽约律所找到一份工作,金斯伯格为了和丈夫一起,也转到哥伦比亚大学继续学习。可是即使金斯伯格以第一名的优异成绩毕业,毕业后她仍无法在纽约的律所找到律师的工作,原因是纽约的律所不雇佣女性。 1963年,她去了罗格斯大学任法学教授。后来在学生的要求下,新增了一门“性别与法律的”课程。在授课过程中,金斯伯格了解到美国法律中存在许多性别歧视的条款,她也越来越明白,作为女性,歧视无处不在。1972年,她在美国著名民权组织“美国公民自由联盟”旗下,成立了女性权利项目,开始长达十年的诉讼历程。她参与了超过300起关于性别歧视的案子,有6个案子上诉至美国最高法院,她打赢了5件。 1993年,金斯伯格被克林顿提名并任命为美国联邦最高法院大法官,但她没有停下为女性争取平权的脚步。1996年,一名女生想要报考弗吉尼亚军事学院,但是被告知学院不招收女学员。案子最终上诉至最高法院,在金斯伯格主笔的判决中强调不能仅因性别条件,就否定女性没有接受维吉尼亚学院军事训练的能力和毅力,以性别限制所做的政策,须受到严格的审查,为女性赢得了弗吉尼亚军事学院入学的资格。她通过一件件案子,改变着美国的性别歧视条款,也在人们心中构建女性平权的概念。 金斯伯格大法官对于专利法的独特见解 人们将金斯伯格视为一位坚持正义的平权斗士,殊不知她对于专利法也有着自己的独特见解。 2014年4月美国最高法院审理的Nautilus,Inc.v.Biosig Instruments,Inc.案。案件的争议主要是围绕《美国专利法》第112条第2款规定展开,条款规定:专利说明书在最后部分必须“提出一项或多项专门指出并且清楚声明的权利要求,其对象为申请人所指认的发明”。如何解读该条款提到的清楚且明确的要求成为了案件争议的焦点。最高法院6月份作出判决,金斯伯格大法官代表法院撰写一致意见。金斯伯格大法官在判决中写道:本案双方当事人都同意应当从拥有相关技术领域知识者的角度来判定专利权利要求是否明确;应当根据说明书和专利申请过程来加以解释;应当以专利申请之时作为判定的时间标准。但双方当事人未能达成一致的是112条第2款可以容忍的模糊程度究竟是多大。第112条所规定的明确性要求,必须考虑到语言固有的局限性。另一方面,某种程度的不确定性是“确保为创新提供适当激励的代价”;专利不是写给律师看的,甚至也不是写给一般公众看的,而是写给相关领域的技术人员看的。同时,一项专利必须对其所主张的权利要求范围做出清楚的公示,便于告知他人应该避开的区域。这里采用的标准是要求清楚,但同时承认,绝对明确是不可能达到的。这也与最高法以往的意见一致,法律根据发明的对象,要求专利权的确定性,但不会超过合理的程度。 2017年3月美国最高法院审理的Impression Products,Inc.v. Lexmark International Inc.案。案件争议的焦点主要是专利权穷尽规则是否适用海外销售与平行进口。最高院首席大法官罗伯茨主笔撰写法院意见,金斯伯格大法官撰写部分协同与部分反对意见。主笔的罗伯茨大法官认为专利权人在决定将其产品出售之后,无论是否存在合同上的限制,抑或销售行为发生于国外,该产品上的专利权均发生穷竭。专利权应当服从于有关禁止就商品转让施加限制的普通法原则。专利法的目的就是使专利权人得到经济回报从而促进创新,一旦专利权人出售其产品,专利权人就已经获得了经济回报;何况专利法也没有规定任何依据,可以对该产品的使用和受益作出限制。金斯伯格大法官同意法院关于国内用尽权的判决——专利权人销售对再利用或转售有明确限制的产品的,不得通过侵权诉讼强制执行该限制,因为在美国的销售耗尽了所售产品的美国专利权。但是金斯伯格大法官不同意法院关于国际穷竭的判决,她认为海外销售并不意味着穷竭美国发明家在美国的专利权。她在反对意见中提到专利法是属地法。当发明人获得美国专利时,该专利在国外不提供任何保护。美国专利权人必须向每一个他寻求出售其发明的专有权的国家提出申请。而且专利法因国家而异,每个国家关于发明者、竞争对手和公众在专利发明中的相对权利的法律可能都存在不同。因为海外销售独立于美国专利制度运作,所以说这样的销售耗尽了发明人的美国专利权是没有意义的。

美国最高法院大法官金斯伯格的传奇人

(Summary description)9月19日,据路透社、BBC等多家外媒报道,美国最高法院大法官露丝·巴德·金斯伯格去世,终年87岁。

据悉,金斯伯格在13日晚间出现发烧等症状,并于当晚在华盛顿特区的西布利纪念医院接受初步检查,在14日当天转院至约翰斯·霍普金斯医院。其实在今年7月份,金斯伯格曾宣布癌症复发。金斯伯格大法官的去世轰动了整个美国,不仅成千上万的民众自发到美国最高法院门口表示哀悼,美国白宫也降半旗表示致哀。

美国大法官金斯伯格的传奇一生



1933年金斯伯格出生在纽约布鲁克林,据她本人说,她的父亲是美国第一代移民,她的母亲勉强算上美国第二代移民。金斯伯格的母亲虽然读完高中之后因为家庭原因没能再进学,但是却充满智慧。金斯伯格的母亲交给她两句话:成为淑女,独立生活。不幸的是,在金斯伯格高中毕业时,她的母亲因为身患癌症去世了。

之后,金斯伯格靠着奖学金进入康奈尔大学学习。她在康奈尔大学遇见自己的丈夫马丁,他们在大三时订了婚,毕业之后就结婚了。在大学毕业之后,因为丈夫应召入伍,金斯伯格也跟随丈夫来到俄克拉荷马州,在此期间,她在当地的社会保障部门找了份补助审查员的工作,级别是5级。然而当她告知人事部门她怀孕的消息之后,她就被安排做文员的工作,级别也被降为2级。丈夫退役后,金斯伯格与丈夫马丁进入哈佛大学法学院学习。丈夫马丁毕业之后,在纽约律所找到一份工作,金斯伯格为了和丈夫一起,也转到哥伦比亚大学继续学习。可是即使金斯伯格以第一名的优异成绩毕业,毕业后她仍无法在纽约的律所找到律师的工作,原因是纽约的律所不雇佣女性。



1963年,她去了罗格斯大学任法学教授。后来在学生的要求下,新增了一门“性别与法律的”课程。在授课过程中,金斯伯格了解到美国法律中存在许多性别歧视的条款,她也越来越明白,作为女性,歧视无处不在。1972年,她在美国著名民权组织“美国公民自由联盟”旗下,成立了女性权利项目,开始长达十年的诉讼历程。她参与了超过300起关于性别歧视的案子,有6个案子上诉至美国最高法院,她打赢了5件。

1993年,金斯伯格被克林顿提名并任命为美国联邦最高法院大法官,但她没有停下为女性争取平权的脚步。1996年,一名女生想要报考弗吉尼亚军事学院,但是被告知学院不招收女学员。案子最终上诉至最高法院,在金斯伯格主笔的判决中强调不能仅因性别条件,就否定女性没有接受维吉尼亚学院军事训练的能力和毅力,以性别限制所做的政策,须受到严格的审查,为女性赢得了弗吉尼亚军事学院入学的资格。她通过一件件案子,改变着美国的性别歧视条款,也在人们心中构建女性平权的概念。



金斯伯格大法官对于专利法的独特见解

人们将金斯伯格视为一位坚持正义的平权斗士,殊不知她对于专利法也有着自己的独特见解。

2014年4月美国最高法院审理的Nautilus,Inc.v.Biosig Instruments,Inc.案。案件的争议主要是围绕《美国专利法》第112条第2款规定展开,条款规定:专利说明书在最后部分必须“提出一项或多项专门指出并且清楚声明的权利要求,其对象为申请人所指认的发明”。如何解读该条款提到的清楚且明确的要求成为了案件争议的焦点。最高法院6月份作出判决,金斯伯格大法官代表法院撰写一致意见。金斯伯格大法官在判决中写道:本案双方当事人都同意应当从拥有相关技术领域知识者的角度来判定专利权利要求是否明确;应当根据说明书和专利申请过程来加以解释;应当以专利申请之时作为判定的时间标准。但双方当事人未能达成一致的是112条第2款可以容忍的模糊程度究竟是多大。第112条所规定的明确性要求,必须考虑到语言固有的局限性。另一方面,某种程度的不确定性是“确保为创新提供适当激励的代价”;专利不是写给律师看的,甚至也不是写给一般公众看的,而是写给相关领域的技术人员看的。同时,一项专利必须对其所主张的权利要求范围做出清楚的公示,便于告知他人应该避开的区域。这里采用的标准是要求清楚,但同时承认,绝对明确是不可能达到的。这也与最高法以往的意见一致,法律根据发明的对象,要求专利权的确定性,但不会超过合理的程度。



2017年3月美国最高法院审理的Impression Products,Inc.v. Lexmark International Inc.案。案件争议的焦点主要是专利权穷尽规则是否适用海外销售与平行进口。最高院首席大法官罗伯茨主笔撰写法院意见,金斯伯格大法官撰写部分协同与部分反对意见。主笔的罗伯茨大法官认为专利权人在决定将其产品出售之后,无论是否存在合同上的限制,抑或销售行为发生于国外,该产品上的专利权均发生穷竭。专利权应当服从于有关禁止就商品转让施加限制的普通法原则。专利法的目的就是使专利权人得到经济回报从而促进创新,一旦专利权人出售其产品,专利权人就已经获得了经济回报;何况专利法也没有规定任何依据,可以对该产品的使用和受益作出限制。金斯伯格大法官同意法院关于国内用尽权的判决——专利权人销售对再利用或转售有明确限制的产品的,不得通过侵权诉讼强制执行该限制,因为在美国的销售耗尽了所售产品的美国专利权。但是金斯伯格大法官不同意法院关于国际穷竭的判决,她认为海外销售并不意味着穷竭美国发明家在美国的专利权。她在反对意见中提到专利法是属地法。当发明人获得美国专利时,该专利在国外不提供任何保护。美国专利权人必须向每一个他寻求出售其发明的专有权的国家提出申请。而且专利法因国家而异,每个国家关于发明者、竞争对手和公众在专利发明中的相对权利的法律可能都存在不同。因为海外销售独立于美国专利制度运作,所以说这样的销售耗尽了发明人的美国专利权是没有意义的。

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919日,据路透社、BBC等多家外媒报道,美国最高法院大法官露丝·巴德·金斯伯格去世,终年87岁。

据悉,金斯伯格在13日晚间出现发烧等症状,并于当晚在华盛顿特区的西布利纪念医院接受初步检查,在14日当天转院至约翰斯·霍普金斯医院。其实在今年7月份,金斯伯格曾宣布癌症复发。金斯伯格大法官的去世轰动了整个美国,不仅成千上万的民众自发到美国最高法院门口表示哀悼,美国白宫也降半旗表示致哀。

美国大法官金斯伯格的传奇一生

1933年金斯伯格出生在纽约布鲁克林,据她本人说,她的父亲是美国第一代移民,她的母亲勉强算上美国第二代移民。金斯伯格的母亲虽然读完高中之后因为家庭原因没能再进学,但是却充满智慧。金斯伯格的母亲交给她两句话:成为淑女,独立生活。不幸的是,在金斯伯格高中毕业时,她的母亲因为身患癌症去世了。

之后,金斯伯格靠着奖学金进入康奈尔大学学习。她在康奈尔大学遇见自己的丈夫马丁,他们在大三时订了婚,毕业之后就结婚了。在大学毕业之后,因为丈夫应召入伍,金斯伯格也跟随丈夫来到俄克拉荷马州,在此期间,她在当地的社会保障部门找了份补助审查员的工作,级别是5级。然而当她告知人事部门她怀孕的消息之后,她就被安排做文员的工作,级别也被降为2级。丈夫退役后,金斯伯格与丈夫马丁进入哈佛大学法学院学习。丈夫马丁毕业之后,在纽约律所找到一份工作,金斯伯格为了和丈夫一起,也转到哥伦比亚大学继续学习。可是即使金斯伯格以第一名的优异成绩毕业,毕业后她仍无法在纽约的律所找到律师的工作,原因是纽约的律所不雇佣女性。

1963年,她去了罗格斯大学任法学教授。后来在学生的要求下,新增了一门性别与法律的课程。在授课过程中,金斯伯格了解到美国法律中存在许多性别歧视的条款,她也越来越明白,作为女性,歧视无处不在。1972年,她在美国著名民权组织“美国公民自由联盟”旗下,成立了女性权利项目,开始长达十年的诉讼历程。她参与了超过300起关于性别歧视的案子,有6个案子上诉至美国最高法院,她打赢了5件。

1993年,金斯伯格被克林顿提名并任命为美国联邦最高法院大法官,但她没有停下为女性争取平权的脚步。1996年,一名女生想要报考弗吉尼亚军事学院,但是被告知学院不招收女学员。案子最终上诉至最高法院,在金斯伯格主笔的判决中强调不能仅因性别条件,就否定女性没有接受维吉尼亚学院军事训练的能力和毅力,以性别限制所做的政策,须受到严格的审查,为女性赢得了弗吉尼亚军事学院入学的资格。她通过一件件案子,改变着美国的性别歧视条款,也在人们心中构建女性平权的概念。

金斯伯格大法官对于专利法的独特见解

人们将金斯伯格视为一位坚持正义的平权斗士,殊不知她对于专利法也有着自己的独特见解。

20144月美国最高法院审理的Nautilus,Inc.v.Biosig Instruments,Inc.案。案件的争议主要是围绕《美国专利法》第112条第2款规定展开,条款规定:专利说明书在最后部分必须“提出一项或多项专门指出并且清楚声明的权利要求,其对象为申请人所指认的发明”。如何解读该条款提到的清楚且明确的要求成为了案件争议的焦点。最高法院6月份作出判决,金斯伯格大法官代表法院撰写一致意见。金斯伯格大法官在判决中写道:本案双方当事人都同意应当从拥有相关技术领域知识者的角度来判定专利权利要求是否明确;应当根据说明书和专利申请过程来加以解释;应当以专利申请之时作为判定的时间标准。但双方当事人未能达成一致的是112条第2款可以容忍的模糊程度究竟是多大。第112条所规定的明确性要求,必须考虑到语言固有的局限性。另一方面,某种程度的不确定性是“确保为创新提供适当激励的代价”;专利不是写给律师看的,甚至也不是写给一般公众看的,而是写给相关领域的技术人员看的。同时,一项专利必须对其所主张的权利要求范围做出清楚的公示,便于告知他人应该避开的区域。这里采用的标准是要求清楚,但同时承认,绝对明确是不可能达到的。这也与最高法以往的意见一致,法律根据发明的对象,要求专利权的确定性,但不会超过合理的程度。

20173月美国最高法院审理的Impression Products,Inc.v. Lexmark International Inc.案。案件争议的焦点主要是专利权穷尽规则是否适用海外销售与平行进口。最高院首席大法官罗伯茨主笔撰写法院意见,金斯伯格大法官撰写部分协同与部分反对意见。主笔的罗伯茨大法官认为专利权人在决定将其产品出售之后,无论是否存在合同上的限制,抑或销售行为发生于国外,该产品上的专利权均发生穷竭。专利权应当服从于有关禁止就商品转让施加限制的普通法原则。专利法的目的就是使专利权人得到经济回报从而促进创新,一旦专利权人出售其产品,专利权人就已经获得了经济回报;何况专利法也没有规定任何依据,可以对该产品的使用和受益作出限制。金斯伯格大法官同意法院关于国内用尽权的判决——专利权人销售对再利用或转售有明确限制的产品的,不得通过侵权诉讼强制执行该限制,因为在美国的销售耗尽了所售产品的美国专利权。但是金斯伯格大法官不同意法院关于国际穷竭的判决,她认为海外销售并不意味着穷竭美国发明家在美国的专利权。她在反对意见中提到专利法是属地法。当发明人获得美国专利时,该专利在国外不提供任何保护。美国专利权人必须向每一个他寻求出售其发明的专有权的国家提出申请。而且专利法因国家而异,每个国家关于发明者、竞争对手和公众在专利发明中的相对权利的法律可能都存在不同。因为海外销售独立于美国专利制度运作,所以说这样的销售耗尽了发明人的美国专利权是没有意义的。

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Electronic Arts pledges free use for five accessibility patents

Electronic Arts pledges free use for five accessibility patents Recently, Electronic Arts (EA) announced a patent pledge that gives other companies and developers free access to five of its current accessibility-related patents and technology. The company promised not to enforce against any party for infringing any of the listed patents. Instead, EA hopes to encourage “innovation” and build new features that make video games more inclusive on a much larger scale by opening up the patents.  Electronic Arts (EA) is an American video game company founded in 1982. The company owns many popular and famous games, such as The Sims, SimCity, Apex Legends, Madden NFL and FIFA. Each of the games has more than 30 or 50 million sales volume. Significantly, esports involves FIFA and Apex Legends into the event list. Apex Legends has up to 1 billion players, and it is so popular that it has a Switch version. Within the freely available patents, one of which grabs everyone’s attention -- Apex Legends’ ping system (patent No. US 11097189). The ping system in Apex Legends, which excellently allows players to make communication and teamwork quick and easy without hearing or speaking, has been praised both as an impressive alternative to voice chat and as a great accessibility feature for players with a variety of disabilities.  The other patents include the technology widely used in the FIFA and Madden NFL. The innovations can automatically detect and modify colors (patent No. US 10118097 and CN 107694092) and contrast ratios (patent No. US 10878540) to improve gamers’ visibility with colorblindness and low vision. Furthermore, one of the patents relates to personalized sound technology, helping players with hearing issues by modifying or creating music based on their preferences (patent No. US 10790919).   The code of the mentioned technology is published on EA’s GitHub, and it is open to all developers. Thus, the developers can use it or adapt it for their games without spending the costs to research. It is good that EA shares the patents for free use and aims to create an accessibility-increased gaming environment for players. However, it is not “unconditional” to use the listed patents. In the pledge, EA mentioned that it may terminate the promise for a specific party which files a patent infringement lawsuit or other patent proceedings against EA. We can see parts of EV’s ambition behind the announcement—to build a large game developer league and a community of shared interests.     Reference: https://www.ea.com/commitments/positive-play/accessibility-patent-pledge https://iknow.stpi.narl.org.tw/Post/Read.aspx?PostID=14562 https://www.polygon.com/22639469/apex-legends-electronic-arts-patent-pledge-accessibility-developers https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/24/22638535/ea-accessibility-patent-pledge-apex-legends-ping-system https://www.gamesradar.com/ea-secures-a-patent-for-the-apex-legends-ping-system-and-its-giving-it-away-for-free/ https://dotesports.com/apex-legends/news/apex-legends-ping-system-is-now-patent-free-for-accessibility https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/08/apex_legends_ping_system_now_patent-free_as_ea_announces_accessibility_pledge Recently, Electronic Arts (EA) announced a patent pledge that gives other companies and developers free access to five of its current accessibility-related patents and technology. The company promised not to enforce against any party for infringing any of the listed patents. Instead, EA hopes to encourage “innovation” and build new features that make video games more inclusive on a much larger scale by opening up the patents.    Electronic Arts (EA) is an American video game company founded in 1982. The company owns many popular and famous games, such as The Sims, SimCity, Apex Legends, Madden NFL and FIFA. Each of the games has more than 30 or 50 million sales volume. Significantly, esports involves FIFA and Apex Legends into the event list. Apex Legends has up to 1 billion players, and it is so popular that it has a Switch version.   Within the freely available patents, one of which grabs everyone’s attention -- Apex Legends’ ping system (patent No. US 11097189). The ping system in Apex Legends, which excellently allows players to make communication and teamwork quick and easy without hearing or speaking, has been praised both as an impressive alternative to voice chat and as a great accessibility feature for players with a variety of disabilities.    The other patents include the technology widely used in the FIFA and Madden NFL. The innovations can automatically detect and modify colors (patent No. US 10118097 and CN 107694092) and contrast ratios (patent No. US 10878540) to improve gamers’ visibility with colorblindness and low vision. Furthermore, one of the patents relates to personalized sound technology, helping players with hearing issues by modifying or creating music based on their preferences (patent No. US 10790919).   The
2021-10-22
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The forum on "China's Intellectual Property-related Reform Measures and New Trends in Patent Litigation" will be held successfully!

The forum on "China's Intellectual Property-related Reform Measures and New Trends in Patent Litigation" will be held successfully! In response to the call for building a strong country with intellectual property rights, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of October 21, the forum on "China's reform measures related to intellectual property rights and new trends in patent litigation" will be successfully held in Nanjing Jiangbei New District Industrial Technology Research and Innovation Park. The event was hosted by the Science and Technology Innovation Bureau of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Management Committee, Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Industrial Technology Research and Innovation Park, Nanjing Intellectual Property Rights Protection Assistance Center Jiangbei New District Center, Nanjing Huaxun Intellectual Property Consultant Co., Ltd., Nanjing Intellectual Property Co-organized by the Protection Center (Nanjing Intellectual Property Rights Protection Assistance Center), Taiwan Pharmaceutical Development Association, and Gene Online. The director of Nanjing Intellectual Property Protection Center, Mou Xiaojian, delivered a speech. Director Mu expressed his warm congratulations on the holding of this event and introduced in detail the new pattern of intellectual property protection in Nanjing. He said: At present, Nanjing has implemented a rights protection assistance network in the municipal area. With full coverage, Nanjing Intellectual Property Protection Center is willing to closely communicate and interact with Nanjing's innovation entities, and provide relevant public welfare services such as rapid pre-review, rapid rights protection, and comprehensive utilization for enterprises in need. In addition, Huang Funan, CEO of Gene Online, was unable to come to congratulate due to the epidemic, and recorded a congratulatory video. In the video, he said: China Innovative Pharmaceuticals has already made many outstanding achievements on the international stage, and these are inseparable from intellectual property rights. The support of the company can also show the importance of intellectual property rights to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. This event invites four industry experts to focus on China's reform measures related to intellectual property rights and new trends in patent litigation, discuss with companies and universities, and make arrangements in advance. Dr. Qingchen Hou, general manager of Nanjing Huaxun Intellectual Property Consulting Co., Ltd., introduced the "Guidelines for Building a Powerful Country with Intellectual Property Rights (2021-2035)" and explained his views from four aspects: background, strategic layout, overall requirements, and organizational guarantees. . Subsequently, a detailed analysis of China's patent linkage system was carried out, and compared with the same types of cases at home and abroad, questions were raised: Why should we reward the first person who successfully challenged patents? Not the first person to file a P4 application? And have a series of discussions with you. Director Jiang Haijun of the Intellectual Property Protection Legal Committee of the Nanjing Lawyers Association gave a speech on three points: the problems after the amendment of the patent law, the enforceability of the amount of compensation, and the legal conflicts related to service inventions. Regarding the patent right evaluation report, he emphasized that the patentee, interested party or accused infringer can also proactively issue a patent right evaluation report. "Patent is a work of art that combines technology and law" is a message shared by Mr. Feng Tao from Jiangsu Junbo Law Firm at this event. Mr. Feng analyzes the big data of Chinese patent litigation cases through graphs and examples. Explore. The last topic of the event was shared by Guo Huangying, Intellectual Property Manager of Nanjing Huaxun Intellectual Property Agency (General Partnership)-China's Patent Infringement Judgment Principles and New Developments. Manager Guo explained to everyone the principles of patent infringement judgment and the necessity of patent infringement search and analysis before producing and selling products. In the intellectual property industry, ECCOM has been providing high-quality and professional comprehensive intellectual property services to enterprises and universities one step at a time. It also hopes that under the leadership of the state and the government, it will contribute to the building of a strong intellectual property nation in China. Make a contribution.
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Types of patents that are easily overlooked- Design Patent

Types of patents that are easily overlooked- Design Patent In recent years, as the public’s awareness of intellectual property has increased, people have begun to consciously use the patent law to protect their intellectual property rights. However, in the process of implementation, they often only focus on invention patent and utility model patent, and tend to ignore the protection of design patent. Recently, Midea sued Haotaitai for two models of CXW-300-D998 and CXW-300-D908 Haotaitai brand range hoods In the case of suspected infringement of its design patent (patent number: ZL201930621598.X), the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court made a first-instance judgment after hearing that it determined that the two products of Haotaitai constituted infringement, and ordered it to immediately stop the infringement and compensate Midea, The company's economic losses and reasonable expenses totaled 360,000 yuan. In fact, appearance infringement cases have occurred from time to time before, such as: "Molly" blind box design patent case, "Siemens" switch design patent infringement dispute case received a compensation of 6 million yuan, three Casio watch design patents were infringed Received a compensation of 8.8 million yuan and so on. The reason why people ignore the protection of design patents, in the final analysis, is that they have insufficient knowledge of design patents. Today, let's take a look at what is protected by design patents and what rights protections can we apply for? Design patent definition: Article 2 of the "Patent Law", design patent, refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial applications based on the shape, pattern, or combination of products, and the combination of color, shape, and pattern. Protected range: The shape of the product; the pattern of the product; the shape and pattern of the product; the shape and color of the product; the pattern and color of the product; the shape, pattern and color of the product. Protection period: The term of protection for design patent rights is 15 years, calculated from the date of filing. What are the conditions for applying for a design patent? The design should be aesthetically pleasing Appearance patents should be suitable for industrial applications The design patent application should be novel The design patent application should be inventiveness What are the advantages and functions of design patents? Protect the rights and interests of enterprises in product designs and fight against infringements in market competition. To enhance brand value, the quality and quantity of patents are the embodiment of the company's innovation ability and core competitiveness. Receive consumer recognition. If a company's new product appearance is filed for a patent in a timely manner, its appearance design will enjoy the exclusive right. Nowadays, consumers often choose products with trendy and beautiful appearance when buying their products. Applying for a design patent is a necessary condition for applying for a high-tech enterprise.
2021-09-26
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Colopl Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Nintendo by Paying $30 Million

Colopl Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit with Nintendo by Paying $30 Million   This August, Nintendo and a game developer Colopl announced that they have settled for patent infringement regarding White Cat Project (Shironeko Project in Japanese), a smartphone game developed by Colopl. Although both companies did not publicly share exact details of the settlement, at least it is sure that Colopl agreed to pay 3.3 billion yen (about US$30.2 million) as the settlement fee for the proceedings, including the future license of Nintendo's patents.    How did the battle begin?  Being developed and published by a Japanese game developer, Colopl, White Cat Project is a free-to-play action role-playing game for Android and iOS systems. The mobile game was launched in July 2014 as well as got a television anime adaptation in 2020. It is incredibly popular to have more than 50 million downloads. Furthermore, the game is set to receive a Switch version titled "Shironeko New Project".    In September 2016, Nintendo noted the Colopl's game and considered that the game had infringed on several of Nintendo's technology patents. The two companies communicated with each other for over a year; however, Nintendo did not accept the explanations from Colopl, and Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Colopl at the beginning of 2018.    Nintendo claimed that Colopl infringed 6 of its patents. These patents protect touch-screen joystick functionality (patent no. JP3734820), multiplayer connectivity (patent no. JP5595991, JP6271692), confirmation screens in sleep mode (patent no. JP4010533), character attacks based on touch input locations (patent no. JP4262217), and a shadow effect placed on characters hidden behind the game geometry (patent no. JP3637031).   These patents almost cover various ways of game technology, especially the patent  JP5595991 and JP6271692. Their patent family is wide-reaching, and many divisional applications of the family are pending in Japan. They protect a communication game system and its related devices. It is not easy to detect the patent's existence and boundary since this kind of hardcore technique is so common in the gaming field and our daily lives.     The five-year patent war has been settled.  After a five-year dispute, the situation appeared to turn in Nintendo's favor as the Switch maker increased its monetary demands, which convinced Colopl to strike a deal that lets it use the disputed patents. Furthermore, a Switch version of White Cat Project remains in the works at Colopl.    With the extraordinary losses of Colopl, the legal battle between the two companies came to an end.  
2021-09-09
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