Early this morning, Apple just announced the reporting time for the fall conference. But just a few days before Apple issued the invitation letter, another company sent Apple a lawyer's letter.
Seeing here, you may be puzzled. Who will send a lawyer letter when Apple is about to hold a press conference?
In fact, you may not have heard of this company before, that is, it sued Apple Siri last year for patent infringement. In August last year, Xiaoi robot sued Apple once, asking Apple to stop patent infringement and compensate 10 billion yuan.
At that time, many users raised questions. Siri has been around for a long time, and you, a little i robot, I have never heard of it. It's still 10 billion. Is this touching a porcelain apple?
Here is to explain to you, although the small i robot may not have been heard by everyone, but it has applied for Apple's patent infringement as early as 2004, and was authorized in 2009. But Apple’s Siri was officially met on iPhone 4S, but it was already in 2011.
Xiaoi Robot sued Apple for the first time in Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Court in June 2012; Apple immediately filed an administrative reconsideration with the State Intellectual Property Office, requesting that the Xiaoi Robot patent be invalid, but later Apple's lawsuit It was rejected, and the State Intellectual Property Office determined that the Xiaoi robot patent was valid.
After several years of fighting, Apple may have nothing to do with it, so Apple went directly to the Beijing High Court to appeal, but it did not expect Apple to win. The most interesting thing is that Apple directly obscured the patent for the small i robot this time.
Little i How could the robot here accept such a judgment? So they filed a retrial to the Supreme People’s Court,This trial lasted for 5 years, and it was not until 2020 that the Supreme People's Court determined that the small i robot patent was valid. In the end, Apple was defeated.
Anyway, the lawsuit between Xiaoi Robot and Apple has been sued in 2012 until now, and it has not been completed so far. Therefore, on September 3 this year, the Xiaoi robot filed a behavior preservation application (injunction) with the Shanghai Higher People's Court. It is estimated that Apple will drag on for several more years in this lawsuit. Although it does not matter to Apple in the past few years, it may not be affordable for Xiaoi robots.
Maybe some friends will ask at this time, Apple is involved in infringement, then this year's iPhone 13 series can be released normally?
In fact, the iPhone 13 series can still be released normally. You can see that Apple lost the case in June last year, but later Apple's iPhone 12 series was released. So as long as the court does not make a final ruling, Apple can still release related products normally.
So is Apple infringing? Will Apple ban the sale of iPhone?
In fact, this answer has been there for a long time. Apple is infringing. After all, the related technology of small i robots existed before Siri.
The final solution, I personally estimate, is that after a period of prosecution, the two parties reached a settlement. Apple paid Xiaoi robot a compensation, and Apple’s Siri-equipped products would not be banned. After all, this is the case. It happened as early as 2016.
In fact, don't say that the small i robot "touches the porcelain" Apple, first of all, the small i robot has obtained the patent before Apple, and Apple does have infringement and must pay the patent fee. Besides, do Chinese companies still pay less patent fees to foreign companies?
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