Because of that Ningbo Oaks Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. produced eight types of air-conditioning products alleged patent infringement, Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Gree) sued the court, claim 40 million yuan yesterday, the case in Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court Open trial.
Gree claims that the first defendant, Oaks, and the second defendant, Guangzhou Jingdong Trading Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Jingdong Company), produced, sold and promised to sell eight types of air-conditioning products using Gree's patented technology infringed Gree's patent.Request the court ordered the two defendants immediately stop infringement, the defendant Aux claims Gree economic losses and reasonable costs total 40 million yuan.
Defendant Oakes argued that the plaintiff Gree Electric Power had been partially invalidated by the Patent Reexamination Board and the patent right was therefore in an unstable state and the court should dismiss the plaintiff for prosecution or suspension of the trial. Of the technology did not fall into the scope of protection of the plaintiff patent, does not constitute infringement.
Crystal East argues that as a vendor, Crystal East, I do not know there is no reasonable reason to know whether the accused product constitutes a patent infringement, and the accused infringing products have a legitimate source.
The collegiate bench held that the focus of the dispute was whether the technical solution used by the accused product fell within the scope of the patent protection of the plaintiff, and whether the plaintiff claimed 40 million yuan was established.
Since the case involved patent technology disputes among well-known domestic enterprises and involves complicated technical solutions, the court introduced a technology investigation officer to participate in the trial, which will be judged on the same day.