At the beginning of 2019, BEIJING EAST IP LTD/BEIJING EAST IP LAW FIRM received good news once again. In the activity of “Insight into Trends, Pioneer the Future—2019 China Intellectual Property Forum New Year Sharing Session and Service Industry Awards Ceremony” hosted by China Intellectual Property Forum Organizing Committee and Beijing Power-nation Intellectual Property Institute recently, ZHAO LIN from BEIJING EAST IP LTD/BEIJING EAST IP LAW FIRM won the honor of “Top Ten Internet Lawyers of the Year” by virtue of her excellent achievements.

On April 26, the Guangdong Higher People’s Court issued Guidelines for Trial of Dispute Cases Involving Standard Essential Patents (for Trial Implementation) (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines includes 32 articles and focuses on the following four aspects: 1. General issues regarding standard essential patent (SEP) dispute cases; 2. Issues on civil liability for ceasing implementation of an SEP; 3. Issues for determining SEP license fees; and 4. Issues for anti-trust dispute trial involving SEP.

Background

Samsung initiated a cross-licensing discussion in July 2011 with Huawei on standard essential patent (SEP), both parties could not come to agreeable terms in the next six years. On May 25, 2016, Huawei filed two lawsuits alleging Samsung infringed on two of its 4G SEPs No. 201110269715.3 (Method and apparatus for sending control signaling), and No. 201010137731.2 (Method, base station, and user equipment for feeding back ACK/NACK information for carrier aggregation) before the Shenzhen Intermediate Court and requested for an injunctive relief.

On March 18, 2018, the General Office of the State Council issued the “Working Measures for Foreign Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights (Trial)” (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”), and clarified the relevant regulations on the foreign transfer of intellectual property involving national security. It was implemented on the date of issuance.

On January 11, the Shenzhen Intermediate Court announced its decisions to grant Huawei’s injunctive relief and place permanent injunction on Samsung’s 4G handsets after the court found Samsung infringed on Huawei’s 4G Standard Essential Patents.

SIPO has recently announced the officially approved Administrative Measures for Prioritized Patent Examination 2017 (hereinafter refers to the “Measures 2017”), which comes into force from August 1st, 2017.

According to the judgment, Sony was ordered to (1) immediately cease infringement of IWNCOMM’s SEP found in 35 of Sony’s mobile handsets, (2) pay damages of RMB8.62 million (approximately USD1.25 million), and (3) pay reasonable litigation costs of RMB474,194 (around USD69,000).

The Supreme People’s Court took these cases and held a public hearing in April this year, and this morning (December 8th), the SPC publicly announced its decisions, which reversed in part and affirmed in part. Beijing East IP took a close look at the decisions and summarized the revered decisions.

There is a popular saying in the online world in China: “The best way to read and understand the news is to read similar reports in tandem.”

Analysis Report PDF Download On April 15, 2016, IPHOUSE (www.iphouse.cn) launched Beijing Intellectual Property Court Judicial Protection Data Analysis Report (2015).  This is the first time for a third party to publish the assessment and analysis on IP cases in China.  In addition, this is the most complete and detailed analysis report regarding the IP Cases in 2015 handled by the newly establ...