October 27 IP Express | Huawei sued for patent rights dispute Amazon
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[Huawei sued Amazon for patent rights dispute]
According to Tianyan Check, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. recently added a new court announcement. The cause of the case is a dispute over infringement of invention patent rights. The defendants are Amazon Company, Amazon Service Company, Amazon Information Service (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Renbao Computer Industry Co., Ltd., Renbao Electronic Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Renbao Information Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. and Renbao Information Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. The case will be heard in the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court of Jiangsu Province on December 8.
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From this court announcement, it can be seen that the defendants include Amazon and Renbao computers. As we all know, Amazon's blockbuster products include Kindle e-books and Kindle Fire tablet , etc. Naturally, Amazon also owns many related patents around the above products. As one of the leaders of the laptop industry and an internationally renowned ODM manufacturer, Renbao Computer has many large global enterprises as its customers, such as Lenovo , Dell , etc. Renbao Computer is headquartered in Taipei, and its manufacturing center, namely, a large OEM factory is located in Kunshan, Jiangsu. In addition to laptops, Renbao Computer has also undertaken OEM orders from Apple and Amazon. Renbao Computer is the OEM manufacturer of Amazon Kindle and Kindle Fire tablets.
Therefore, relevant industry insiders and Xiao B speculated that most of the lawsuit is related to tablet-related patents. Given that Amazon Kindle has been known as the "ink screen instant noodles artifact" for many years, in order to compare it, Xiao Yi further searched for Huawei's ink horizontal board news and obtained the following information:
Huawei released the Hongmeng ink horizontal board MatePad Paper for the first time in March this year. While restoring the real sense of handwriting in paper and pen, the product is equipped with the Hongmeng system, the ink horizontal board MatePad Paper is no longer an independent reading and writing device, but can seamlessly connect other Huawei devices to form a "super terminal", thus achieving breakthroughs in content, interaction, ecology, multi-screen collaboration, etc.
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Therefore, in about two months after the release of this product on March 16, online sales have surpassed the Kindle Youth Edition. According to data released by JD.com , Huawei MatePad Paper has a high praise rate of up to 95%. After its launch, it has quickly become the "first choice" for Chinese users to purchase ink screen devices.
Based on the above information, Xiao B speculated that the above lawsuit filed by Huawei against Amazon is likely to be related to the patents of ink screen tablets, especially MatePad Paper.
In terms of patent strength, Huawei, as a R&D maniac, has always been the top of private enterprises in R&D investment. According to the 2021 Top 500 Chinese Enterprises list released by China Enterprise Federation , among the top ten companies in invention patents, Huawei ranks first with 99,000 patents. Among the top ten companies in R&D investment, Huawei ranks first with 142.666 billion yuan.
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It can be said that over the years, Huawei has invested hugely in research and development and independent intellectual property rights, and its leading position in China is almost unshakable. According to Huawei's 2021 financial report data, as of the end of 2021, Huawei has held more than 45,000 valid authorized patents worldwide. Xiao Yi hereby reminds that the data "45,000+" here is the patent family, not the number of patents. According to Huawei's annual report, the corresponding number of patents is shown as: more than 110,000, of which more than 90% of the patents are invention patents (I believe that industry insiders understand the technical content (expression) contained in this. In addition, Huawei ranks first in the 2021 patent authorization volume of China's National Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office, and fifth in the 2021 patent authorization volume of the US Patent and Trademark Office.
believes that it is precisely because of Huawei's massive investment in R&D and independent intellectual property rights over the years that Huawei can now hold a large number of invention patents, thus providing it with confidence to protect its rights in the face of patent infringement, plagiarism, reverse R&D, and unauthorized use of patents.
Although this is not the first lawsuit filed by Huawei against infringement of foreign companies, for example, in 2018, Huawei counter-claimed Pan Optis for infringing Huawei's patent rights, and finally won the lawsuit and received a compensation of 99 million yuan from the defendant. For example, in February 2022, Huawei sued Verizon, its largest operator in the United States for infringing 12 Huawei patents. The two parties quickly reached a settlement after Huawei sued, and the settlement amount was kept confidential. However, it is obvious that Huawei has taken the lead in setting an example for many Chinese companies in proactively charging patents and filing lawsuits.
In 2019, when asked about patent charges, Huawei President Ren Zhengfei said: "There is no patent fee charged in recent years because there is no time to consider this matter. I will consider charging patent fees when I am not busy."
Perhaps this is the beginning of Huawei's global patent rights protection action. As Huawei mentioned in the minutes of the "Patent Licensing Business Report" conference disclosed by its Xinsheng Community at the beginning of this year:
"We must build a reasonable price benchmark so that the industry can use Huawei's patent technology fairly and reasonably, and while obtaining appropriate R&D returns, it will also help Huawei lay an innovator image in the international community";
"Patent charges cannot be charged for charges; nor should they be too low. If they need to be low, they will curb the innovation of the entire society and no one is willing to invest in R&D again. Charging is not the ultimate goal. The most important thing is to clarify the relationship between the two parties through communication and negotiation. During the negotiation process, a team that is good at communication and negotiation is gradually forged. When one day we reach the world's leading position, the value chain can be reasonably allocated."
Xiao B believes that patent charges are an important source of income for R&D enterprises, and there is nothing wrong with patent rights protection! As for the direction of this lawsuit, Xiao B will continue to follow up for you.
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(Source: Tianyancha /Science and Innovation Daily)
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