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《生物安全法》表决通过,后疫情时代的重要法典!

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(Summary description)10月17日,十三届全国人大常委会第二十二次会议表决通过了生物安全法并自2021年4月15日起施行。这是我国首部有关生物安全的法律,今年爆发的新型冠状病毒疫情给全球带来了严重的灾难,虽然目前中国的疫情得到有效的控制,但是全球的局势依旧很严峻,本次疫情让公众了解到生物安全不仅影响个体生命安全,更关乎国家公共安全,关乎人类安全。当前,随着气候的极端变化,自然环境的恶化以及人类活动流动性加大,全球生物安全的问题愈加突出,重大人类传染病、动植物疫情不断发生,生物安全的形势日益严峻,《生物安全法》的诞生顺应了时代的要求。 一、生物安全的内容 生物安全是国家安全的重要组成部分,是指国家有效防范和应对危险生物因子及相关因素威胁,生物技术能够稳定健康发展,人民生命健康和生态系统相对处于没有危险和不受威胁的状态,生物领域具备维护国家安全和持续发展的能力。与生物安全相关的活动主要包括这些内容:(一)防控重大新发突发传染病、动植物疫情;(二)生物技术研究、开发与应用;(三)病原微生物实验室生物安全管理;(四)人类遗传资源与生物资源安全管理;(五)防范外来物种入侵与保护生物多样性;(六)应对微生物耐药;(七)防范生物恐怖袭击与防御生物武器威胁;(八)其他与生物安全相关的活动。 二、《生物安全法》对维护国家生物安全的作用性 《生物安全法》是生物安全领域的基础性法律,其颁布和实施必将产生积极而深远的影响:一是有利于保障人民生命安全和身体健康。生物安全法将保障人民生命健康作为立法宗旨,明确维护生物安全应当坚持以人为本的原则,在防范和应对各类生物安全风险时,始终坚持人民至上、生命至上。二是有利于维护国家安全。生物安全法明确生物安全是国家安全的重要组成部分,把生物安全纳入国家安全体系进行谋划和布局,明确生物安全管理体制机制。三是有利于提升国家生物安全治理能力。该法要求政府支持生物安全事业发展,鼓励生物科技创新和生物产业发展,加强人才培养和物资储备,统筹布局生物安全基础设施建设,加强国家生物安全风险防控和治理体系建设,提升国家生物安全治理能力。 三、《生物安全法》建立了完善的生物安全风险防控体制 该法建立了建立统一领导、协同联动、有序高效的生物安全风险防控体制,从国家部委、地方各级人民政府、基层群众性自治组织到有关单位和个人,动员社会力量依法有序参与生物安全风险防控工作。一是由国务院卫生健康、农业农村、科学技术、外交等主管部门和有关军事机关组成国家生物安全工作协调机制,分析、研判国家生物安全形势,组织协调、督促推进国家生物安全相关工作。国家生物安全工作协调机制设立办公室,负责协调机制的日常工作;二是地方各级人民政府对本行政区域内生物安全工作负责,县级以上地方人民政府有关部门根据职责分工,负责生物安全相关工作;三是基层群众性自治组织应当协助地方人民政府以及有关部门做好生物安全风险防控、应急处置和宣传教育等工作;四是有关单位和个人应当配合做好生物安全风险防控和应急处置等工作。 同时由国家建立生物安全风险监测预警制度和风险调查评估制度,根据风险监测的数据、资料等信息,定期组织开展生物安全风险调查评估。国家生物安全工作协调机制组织建立统一的国家生物安全信息平台,有关部门应当将生物安全数据、资料等信息汇交国家生物安全信息平台,实现信息共享。 四、违反《生物安全法》的行为及相应的法律责任 违反《生物安全法》的行为主要是在生物安全相关的活动中产生,包括以下几种:(一)生物安全管理职责的工作人员在生物安全工作中滥用职权、玩忽职守、徇私舞弊或者有其他违法行为的,依法给予处分;(二)医疗机构、专业机构或者其工作人员瞒报、谎报、缓报、漏报,授意他人瞒报、谎报、缓报,或者阻碍他人报告传染病、动植物疫病或者不明原因的聚集性疾病的,依法给予责令改正、警告、暂停执业、吊销执业证书等处罚;(三)从事国家禁止的生物技术研究、开发与应用活动或者从事病原微生物实验活动未在相应等级的实验室进行等,给予警告、罚款等处处罚;(四)购买或者引进列入管控清单的重要设备、特殊生物因子未进行登记以及个人购买或者持有列入管控清单的重要设备或者特殊生物因子等行为,给予没收违法所得、警告、罚款等处罚;(五)境外组织、个人及其设立或者实际控制的机构在我国境内采集、保藏我国人类遗传资源,或者向境外提供我国人类遗传资源的行为,给予没收违法所得、罚款等处罚;(六)未经批准,擅自引进外来物种的行为,给予没收引进的外来物种、罚款等处罚。同时该法规定,构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任;造成人身、财产或者其他损害的,依法承担民事责任。 近期频发的国际国内生物安全事件,例如非洲猪瘟、非洲蝗灾、美国流感、新型冠状病毒等等,给人类社会带来了严重的灾难,《生物安全法》把生物安全纳入国家安全体系,将生物安全升级为国家大战略,是维护国家安全的重大举措。疫情之后,国内生物安全领域将迎来一次政策的全面推动。该法将成为防范和应对生物安全风险、保障人民生命健康、保护生物资源和生态环境、维护国家安全的一部重要法律。

《生物安全法》表决通过,后疫情时代的重要法典!

(Summary description)10月17日,十三届全国人大常委会第二十二次会议表决通过了生物安全法并自2021年4月15日起施行。这是我国首部有关生物安全的法律,今年爆发的新型冠状病毒疫情给全球带来了严重的灾难,虽然目前中国的疫情得到有效的控制,但是全球的局势依旧很严峻,本次疫情让公众了解到生物安全不仅影响个体生命安全,更关乎国家公共安全,关乎人类安全。当前,随着气候的极端变化,自然环境的恶化以及人类活动流动性加大,全球生物安全的问题愈加突出,重大人类传染病、动植物疫情不断发生,生物安全的形势日益严峻,《生物安全法》的诞生顺应了时代的要求。

一、生物安全的内容

生物安全是国家安全的重要组成部分,是指国家有效防范和应对危险生物因子及相关因素威胁,生物技术能够稳定健康发展,人民生命健康和生态系统相对处于没有危险和不受威胁的状态,生物领域具备维护国家安全和持续发展的能力。与生物安全相关的活动主要包括这些内容:(一)防控重大新发突发传染病、动植物疫情;(二)生物技术研究、开发与应用;(三)病原微生物实验室生物安全管理;(四)人类遗传资源与生物资源安全管理;(五)防范外来物种入侵与保护生物多样性;(六)应对微生物耐药;(七)防范生物恐怖袭击与防御生物武器威胁;(八)其他与生物安全相关的活动。

二、《生物安全法》对维护国家生物安全的作用性

《生物安全法》是生物安全领域的基础性法律,其颁布和实施必将产生积极而深远的影响:一是有利于保障人民生命安全和身体健康。生物安全法将保障人民生命健康作为立法宗旨,明确维护生物安全应当坚持以人为本的原则,在防范和应对各类生物安全风险时,始终坚持人民至上、生命至上。二是有利于维护国家安全。生物安全法明确生物安全是国家安全的重要组成部分,把生物安全纳入国家安全体系进行谋划和布局,明确生物安全管理体制机制。三是有利于提升国家生物安全治理能力。该法要求政府支持生物安全事业发展,鼓励生物科技创新和生物产业发展,加强人才培养和物资储备,统筹布局生物安全基础设施建设,加强国家生物安全风险防控和治理体系建设,提升国家生物安全治理能力。

三、《生物安全法》建立了完善的生物安全风险防控体制

该法建立了建立统一领导、协同联动、有序高效的生物安全风险防控体制,从国家部委、地方各级人民政府、基层群众性自治组织到有关单位和个人,动员社会力量依法有序参与生物安全风险防控工作。一是由国务院卫生健康、农业农村、科学技术、外交等主管部门和有关军事机关组成国家生物安全工作协调机制,分析、研判国家生物安全形势,组织协调、督促推进国家生物安全相关工作。国家生物安全工作协调机制设立办公室,负责协调机制的日常工作;二是地方各级人民政府对本行政区域内生物安全工作负责,县级以上地方人民政府有关部门根据职责分工,负责生物安全相关工作;三是基层群众性自治组织应当协助地方人民政府以及有关部门做好生物安全风险防控、应急处置和宣传教育等工作;四是有关单位和个人应当配合做好生物安全风险防控和应急处置等工作。

同时由国家建立生物安全风险监测预警制度和风险调查评估制度,根据风险监测的数据、资料等信息,定期组织开展生物安全风险调查评估。国家生物安全工作协调机制组织建立统一的国家生物安全信息平台,有关部门应当将生物安全数据、资料等信息汇交国家生物安全信息平台,实现信息共享。

四、违反《生物安全法》的行为及相应的法律责任

违反《生物安全法》的行为主要是在生物安全相关的活动中产生,包括以下几种:(一)生物安全管理职责的工作人员在生物安全工作中滥用职权、玩忽职守、徇私舞弊或者有其他违法行为的,依法给予处分;(二)医疗机构、专业机构或者其工作人员瞒报、谎报、缓报、漏报,授意他人瞒报、谎报、缓报,或者阻碍他人报告传染病、动植物疫病或者不明原因的聚集性疾病的,依法给予责令改正、警告、暂停执业、吊销执业证书等处罚;(三)从事国家禁止的生物技术研究、开发与应用活动或者从事病原微生物实验活动未在相应等级的实验室进行等,给予警告、罚款等处处罚;(四)购买或者引进列入管控清单的重要设备、特殊生物因子未进行登记以及个人购买或者持有列入管控清单的重要设备或者特殊生物因子等行为,给予没收违法所得、警告、罚款等处罚;(五)境外组织、个人及其设立或者实际控制的机构在我国境内采集、保藏我国人类遗传资源,或者向境外提供我国人类遗传资源的行为,给予没收违法所得、罚款等处罚;(六)未经批准,擅自引进外来物种的行为,给予没收引进的外来物种、罚款等处罚。同时该法规定,构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任;造成人身、财产或者其他损害的,依法承担民事责任。

近期频发的国际国内生物安全事件,例如非洲猪瘟、非洲蝗灾、美国流感、新型冠状病毒等等,给人类社会带来了严重的灾难,《生物安全法》把生物安全纳入国家安全体系,将生物安全升级为国家大战略,是维护国家安全的重大举措。疫情之后,国内生物安全领域将迎来一次政策的全面推动。该法将成为防范和应对生物安全风险、保障人民生命健康、保护生物资源和生态环境、维护国家安全的一部重要法律。

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10月17日,十三届全国人大常委会第二十二次会议表决通过了生物安全法2021年4月15日起施行。这是我国首部有关生物安全的法律,今年爆发的新型冠状病毒疫情给全球带来了严重的灾难,虽然目前中国的疫情得到有效的控制,但是全球的局势依旧很严峻,本次疫情让公众了解到生物安全不仅影响个体生命安全,更关乎国家公共安全,关乎人类安全。当前,随着气候的极端变化,自然环境的恶化以及人类活动流动性加大,全球生物安全的问题愈加突出,重大人类传染病、动植物疫情不断发生,生物安全的形势日益严峻,《生物安全法》的诞生顺应了时代的要求。

一、生物安全的内容

生物安全是国家安全的重要组成部分,是指国家有效防范和应对危险生物因子及相关因素威胁,生物技术能够稳定健康发展,人民生命健康和生态系统相对处于没有危险和不受威胁的状态,生物领域具备维护国家安全和持续发展的能力。与生物安全相关的活动主要包括这些内容:(一)防控重大新发突发传染病、动植物疫情;(二)生物技术研究、开发与应用;(三)病原微生物实验室生物安全管理;(四)人类遗传资源与生物资源安全管理;(五)防范外来物种入侵与保护生物多样性;(六)应对微生物耐药;(七)防范生物恐怖袭击与防御生物武器威胁;(八)其他与生物安全相关的活动。

二、《生物安全法》对维护国家生物安全的作用性

《生物安全法》是生物安全领域的基础性法律,其颁布和实施必将产生积极而深远的影响:一是有利于保障人民生命安全和身体健康。生物安全法将保障人民生命健康作为立法宗旨,明确维护生物安全应当坚持以人为本的原则,在防范和应对各类生物安全风险时,始终坚持人民至上、生命至上。二是有利于维护国家安全。生物安全法明确生物安全是国家安全的重要组成部分,把生物安全纳入国家安全体系进行谋划和布局,明确生物安全管理体制机制。三是有利于提升国家生物安全治理能力。该法要求政府支持生物安全事业发展,鼓励生物科技创新和生物产业发展,加强人才培养和物资储备,统筹布局生物安全基础设施建设,加强国家生物安全风险防控和治理体系建设,提升国家生物安全治理能力。

三、《生物安全法》建立了完善的生物安全风险防控体制

该法建立了建立统一领导、协同联动、有序高效的生物安全风险防控体制,从国家部委、地方各级人民政府基层群众性自治组织到有关单位和个人,动员社会力量依法有序参与生物安全风险防控工作。一是由国务院卫生健康、农业农村、科学技术、外交等主管部门和有关军事机关组成国家生物安全工作协调机制,分析、研判国家生物安全形势,组织协调、督促推进国家生物安全相关工作。国家生物安全工作协调机制设立办公室,负责协调机制的日常工作;二是地方各级人民政府对本行政区域内生物安全工作负责,县级以上地方人民政府有关部门根据职责分工,负责生物安全相关工作;三是基层群众性自治组织应当协助地方人民政府以及有关部门做好生物安全风险防控、应急处置和宣传教育等工作;四是有关单位和个人应当配合做好生物安全风险防控和应急处置等工作。

同时由国家建立生物安全风险监测预警制度和风险调查评估制度,根据风险监测的数据、资料等信息,定期组织开展生物安全风险调查评估。国家生物安全工作协调机制组织建立统一的国家生物安全信息平台,有关部门应当将生物安全数据、资料等信息汇交国家生物安全信息平台,实现信息共享。

四、违反《生物安全法》的行为及相应的法律责任

违反《生物安全法》的行为主要是在生物安全相关的活动中产生,包括以下几种:(一)生物安全管理职责的工作人员在生物安全工作中滥用职权、玩忽职守、徇私舞弊或者有其他违法行为的,依法给予处分;(二)医疗机构、专业机构或者其工作人员瞒报、谎报、缓报、漏报,授意他人瞒报、谎报、缓报,或者阻碍他人报告传染病、动植物疫病或者不明原因的聚集性疾病的,依法给予责令改正、警告、暂停执业、吊销执业证书等处罚;(三)从事国家禁止的生物技术研究、开发与应用活动或者从事病原微生物实验活动未在相应等级的实验室进行等,给予警告、罚款等处处罚;(四)购买或者引进列入管控清单的重要设备、特殊生物因子未进行登记以及个人购买或者持有列入管控清单的重要设备或者特殊生物因子等行为,给予没收违法所得、警告、罚款等处罚;(五)境外组织、个人及其设立或者实际控制的机构在我国境内采集、保藏我国人类遗传资源,或者向境外提供我国人类遗传资源的行为,给予没收违法所得、罚款等处罚;(六)未经批准,擅自引进外来物种的行为,给予没收引进的外来物种、罚款等处罚。同时该法规定,构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任;造成人身、财产或者其他损害的,依法承担民事责任。

近期频发的国际国内生物安全事件,例如非洲猪瘟、非洲蝗灾、美国流感、新型冠状病毒等等,给人类社会带来了严重的灾难《生物安全法》把生物安全纳入国家安全体系将生物安全升级为国家大战略,是维护国家安全的重大举措。疫情之后,国内生物安全领域将迎来一次政策的全面推动。该法将成为防范和应对生物安全风险、保障人民生命健康、保护生物资源和生态环境、维护国家安全的一部重要法律。

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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.
2021-10-22
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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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