On March 30, 2023, the Intellectual Property Tribunal of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the “Typical Cases of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (2022)” (最高人民法院知识产权法庭典型案例(2022)). The SPC selected 20 cases from the 3,468 technology-related intellectual property and monopoly cases it concluded in 2022 to “summarize and give full play to the positive role of typical cases, effectively increase the protection of intellectual property rights, and maintain a fair competition order in the market.” Per the …
Category: Patents
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Sanctions 7 Patent Firms for Filing Over 20,000 Abnormal (Irregular) Patent Applications
On March 14, 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) sanctioned 7 Chinese patent firms for filing over 20,000 abnormal (i.e., junk) patent applications. Sanctions included suspensions in accepting new business for 6 or 12 months and 1 revocation of a patent license. However, no fines were issued. Further crackdowns are expected this year per the 2023 Administrative Protection Work Plan, which stated that CNIPA would “severely crack down on abnormal patent applications and malicious registration of trademarks. “
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) Scores Another Win Against CALB Group With 20 Million RMB Award in Ongoing EV Battery Patent Infringement Battle
In a third patent infringement victory for Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) against CALB Group Co., Ltd. (中創新航科技集團股份有限公司), the Fuzhou Intermediate Court on February 21, 2023 awarded CATL an injunction, 20,100,000 RMB in damages and 202,693.12 RMB in reasonable costs for infringing Chinese patent CN108878892B (ZLZL201810696957.2). Prior patent infringement awards to CATL against CALB included 35.8 million RMB for Chinese patent CN110010851B (ZL201910295365.4) and 2.6 million RMB for Chinese patent CN108258180B (ZL201810039458.6).
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) Scores 35.8 Million RMB Patent Infringement Victory Against CALB
In a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange dated February 21, 2023, CALB Group Col., Ltd. (中創新航科技集團股份有限公司) announced that the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court ruled against it in a patent infringement lawsuit for lithium-ion batteries. The Court awarded Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), the world’s largest EV battery producer, 35.8 million RMB in damages, 798 thousand RMB for provisional patent protection (from the time of the patent application publication), over 202 thousand RMB for reasonable expenses, and an …