China News Agency, Guangzhou, April 26 (Reporter Xu Qingqing) The Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Administration (Intellectual Property Office) released the "2019 Guangdong Top Ten Intellectual Property Events" on the 26th. Among them, Huawei sued Verizon Wireless in the United States. The communication company infringed its 12 patent rights, and the Guangdong Higher People's Court concluded the country's first case of relief for the international standard essential patent injunction relief in the field of wireless communication.
In February 2019, Huawei initiated negotiations with the US operator Verizon and provided Verizon with more than 230 patents and factual evidence of its use of Huawei patents. After unsuccessful negotiations, Huawei sued Verizon in the Eastern and Western District Courts of Texas, requesting the court to find that Verizon infringed 12 patents authorized by Huawei in the United States, and asked Verizon for its patents. Infringements compensate Huawei.
It is understood that Huawei has more than 80,000 patents worldwide, including more than 10,000 patents authorized by the United States. The Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Administration (Intellectual Property Office) stated that Huawei actively defended its rights and interests and safeguarded the rules of fair competition in the global market economy, which in fact demonstrated the achievements and value of Chinese companies in intellectual property and innovation.
In May 2019, the Third Tribunal of Civil Trial of the Guangdong Higher People's Court successfully tried Huawei and Samsung to sign a global standard essential patent cross-licensing agreement in the process of hearing the Huawei v. Samsung infringement dispute. Both parties agreed to resolve 44 cases worldwide As a result of litigation disputes, the injunction orders made by the US courts against the first instance judgments of the two cases therefore lapsed. The Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Administration (Intellectual Property Office) stated that the proper handling of the two cases effectively promoted the development of cooperation between Chinese and foreign high-tech enterprises in the world of communications.
The other eight intellectual property rights incidents were: China (Guangdong) Intellectual Property Protection Center listed; Guangdong Provincial People's Government revised and issued the "Guangdong Patent Incentive Measures" under the new situation; the first "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intellectual Property Transaction Expo" was completed Held; the country's first pure patent asset securitization pioneered the capital market financing of technology companies; the first "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High Value Patent Cultivation Layout Contest" was successfully held; the country's first "National Copyright Innovation Development Base" settled in Guangdong; Shenzhen Customs initiated The patent protection “Shenzhen Model” of patent protection ranks first in the country in the investigation and handling of patent infringement cases; Guangdong took the lead in appraising the first batch of senior intellectual property patent researchers in China. (Finish)