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1. China Micro-prosecuted Veeco Shanghai Patent infringement case patent was sentenced as a valid patent;
Set a micro-network news, the State Intellectual Property Office Patent Reexamination Board made a decision today to review and veto the Weiyi Ke Precision Instruments International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Veeco Shanghai') About Semiconductor Devices The Company (hereinafter referred to as 'Zhongwei') invalidated the patent application and confirmed that the patent involved in the prosecution of Veeco Shanghai's patent infringement by Zhongwei was a valid patent.
In July this year, China Micro formally sued Fujian High Court for 'Veeco Shanghai', alleging that its TurboDisk EPIK 700 MOCVD equipment infringed on Zhongwei's China Patent for simultaneous locking of substrate trays, demanding that it stop infringement and claim hundreds of millions of infringements penalty for damages.
After the micro prosecution, Veeco Shanghai the patent involved in the micro to the Patent Reexamination Board filed the request for invalidation; at the same time, there is a natural person also mention the disputed patent invalidation request for invalidation of two patents involved in the case. At the request, the Patent Reexamination Board held separate hearings and the agents of both parties conducted full defenses. The Patent Reexamination Board made a review decision on the two invalidation statements today, both of which confirmed that the micro-patents were valid patents.
It is noteworthy, however, that Veeco did not sit still. On November 2, Veeco USA announced that the New York District Court for the Eastern District of the United States has agreed with Veeco's initial ban on SGL Carbon, LLC (SGL) According to statistics, at present, the domestic top three LED chip makers purchase machines in this year, Veeco and semiconductor in the semiconductor each half. Insiders commented that the Ban may make a lot of losses.
In response, China Micro said that in the absence of a chance to fully understand the evidence of patent invalid, the court judge issued the banned substrate extremely rarely under the circumstances that the patent validity of Veeco America and the genuine infringement of the substrate tray were not clearly judged. Trader suppliers have provided a temporary embargo on pallets to SME, and SINOMAC is taking a number of effective measures to minimize the impact of the embargo.
Dr. Du Zhiyou, Senior Vice President, COO and General Manager of MOCVD Products Division, said: "We regret to say that we have a temporary ban on the New York Eastern District Court and believe that our suppliers will eventually win this patent litigation. Also believe that China will also win Veeco Shanghai patent litigation, Veeco Shanghai to pay the price for its infringement.
2. Samsung, Huawei are you ready? Apple also apply for a foldable screen patent it;
According to a report published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Apple Inc. has filed a patent for a foldable screen, describing in its patent document that the electronic device has a bendable portion that allows the device to be folded. The device uses a flexible screen, the screen can be folded after folding.
A flexible display may have a flexible display layer, a cover layer, a touch sensor between the flexible display layer and the cover layer, a support layer, and a polarizer layer. Between the touch sensor and the flexible display layer, or the touch sensor And the cover layer, it is also possible to insert a polarizer layer.
It is noteworthy that Apple in this patent document said that this technology can be achieved through the micro LED screen, and the foldable screen is not limited to the iPhone, but will be used in a range of devices.If you really achieve this technology, So in the future we will see 'foldable iPhone', 'foldable iPad', 'collapsible MacBook' and so on.
In fact, just last month, according to Korean media reports, Apple is working with LG Display to develop an iPhone with a foldable screen. Of course, this is not the first time we heard that Apple will introduce a foldable iPhone As early as December 2016, there are rumors that LG Display will initially mass-produce smartphone collapsible screens in early 2018. Apple may be one of its partners.
Over the past two years, LG has presented a variety of collapsible screen prototype designs, including a design that folds like a book, and a roll that can be rolled up like a newspaper. The LG collapsible screen features a flexible OLED panel that LG has been Improve the durability and yield of this material.
The sources said LG recently created a panel dedicated to the development of collapsible OLED screens and LG Innotek also has a dedicated team to develop flexible printed circuit boards to support flexible displays that are specifically designed for future foldable iPhone services. iPhone as early as the need to wait until 2020, from now there are more than two years.
With the smart phone less and less innovative, mobile phone manufacturers are brains to find a new breach, and folding has undoubtedly become the focus of everyone's attention now in addition to Apple, there are already many smart phone terminal manufacturers were exposed Foldable smart phones are being developed, including Samsung, Huawei, OPPO, Microsoft and so on.
Among them, Samsung has been disclosing the possibility of folding cell phones since 2012. In September this year, Koh Dong-jin, the head of Samsung's mobile business, said the company hopes to launch a device with a foldable screen in 2018 Smart machines, but several obstacles must be overcome.
In addition, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft is developing a collapsible smart tablet mobile device.Microsoft CEO Nadella also acknowledged at the GeekWire summit in early October that it will create a new category for Microsoft's mobile devices.It is reported, The folding tablet phone device under development is code-named "Andromeda" (Andromeda).
Of course, the domestic smart phone makers are outdone.China's consumer business CEO Yu Chengdong said in an interview before that Huawei has developed a collapsible mobile phone prototype.He said Huawei has not yet released The phone is ready, but the fastest possible next year.
At the same time, domestic smart phone manufacturers OPPO foldable display patent also appeared in the network.According to the patent documents, OPPO equipped with the technology of the top 25% to 35% of the device can be part of the longitudinal bending, folding.
3. For the first time in China, 2,452 patents on defense and decryption have been released;
Foshan, November 24 (Reporter Jiang Jianke) From November 23 to 25, the 22nd National Invention Exhibition and the 2nd World Innovation Forum were held in Foshan, Guangdong Province. At the opening ceremony, the Military Equipment Development and Equipment Department released 2,452 patents for national defense and declassification were put in place to effectively strengthen the transformation and application of civil-military inventions and innovations.
Yang Jianbing, deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office introduced that the exhibition organized more than 70 military systems and military units, screened 156 projects and conducted exhibition and exchange activities in the military and civilian integration zone, meanwhile, for the first time, 2,452 decrypted national defense Patents compiled into a book, the official release.
It is reported that the compilation consists of two parts: the paper part contains the name and basic information of the patent; the part of the CD-ROM contains the full-text specification of the national defense patent. The release of the national defense patent covers the information technology biological and environmental resources and the advanced new materials Manufacturing and automation technology, energy technology and other fields.
'To demonstrate the exchange of national defense technology and to release the patent for the defense of national defense is an important measure to promote the in-depth development of the integration of civilians and civilians.' Yang Jianbing said that in order to implement the integration strategy for civilians and civilians, the SIPO will strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in national defense and, The inclusion of property infringers in the list of equipment and punishments has made intellectual property rights holders right and defensive, making the infringement of intellectual property difficult to do.
It is reported that the National Defense Intellectual Property Office is also the national defense patent agency. It is also responsible for the handling and review of national defense patent applications, registration of military computer software, filing, transfer and approval of national defense intellectual property, confidential decryption, and dispute resolution At the same time, it also carried out the formulation of relevant policies and regulations as well as the construction and exchange of information resources for national defense intellectual property rights. Since 1991, the State Intellectual Property Office of Defense has organized the military system units and military system units to participate in the national exhibition of inventions, selected from the field of national defense Some suitable projects to participate in the exhibition to promote the transformation of national defense technology to civilian areas.
The exhibition by the Ministry of Science and Technology, China Association for science and technology, State Intellectual Property Office, All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Military Development and Equipment Department, China Democratic League Central Committee, Science and Technology Daily, National Science and Technology Assessment Center and other units of guidance and support, China Invention Association, Foshan City People's Government of Guangdong Province jointly organized this year's National Invention Exhibition and the World Invention and Innovation Forum to 'create intellectual @ dream @ as the theme of a total of more than 40 countries and regions, more than 1,500 exhibitors.
4. sued by the EU, the Irish government urged Apple to pay a fine as soon as possible
According to foreign media reports, the European Commission filed a lawsuit against the Irish government last month as Apple delayed payment of the European Union's request for a 13 billion euro tax rebate, so Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar urged Apple to pay as soon as possible fine.
'We have already told Apple that we want the hosting account to be completed and the funds to hit the account without any further delay. The news is clear and I hope to make some progress in the coming weeks.' ' Speaking at the Irish Parliament, 'We do not want to get the situation, the Irish government must take Apple to court because the European Commission is putting the Irish government on to court, and I think the news is clear.'
Apple declined to respond to media comment requests.
Waladeka's position shows that the 30-year cooperation between Apple and Ireland may cause problems, mainly due to the delay of Apple's plan to build a data center in Ireland with a total investment of 1 billion U.S. dollars.
Two years ago, Apple also announced that it will build a data center in Ireland and Denmark, where the Irish data center has not been built until now, and the Danish data center has been built and ready for operation.
Recently, when Varadar visited Apple's California headquarters, Cook refused to promise to move on with the project, saying only that it would 'consider the project in line with its future business plan.'
In the meantime, the EU authorities are increasingly impatient with the Apple tax case, and the Irish government should have levied tens of billions of euros in tax rebates on Apple by January 3 this year, and then save it until the appeal process is complete. Apple and Ireland The EU decision was made as described above, which can take up to five years.
Last month, as Apple repeatedly postponed the tax rebate, the EU's competition commissioner finally lost patience and sued the Irish government in the European Court of Justice alleging that it failed to recover the tax, and the Irish government was reportedly liable to a fine.
Until now, the Irish government has avoided publicly denouncing Apple for a delay in paying fines, according to Apple's official website, which has about 6,000 employees in Ireland, mostly in Cork, one of the city's biggest private employers, Apple is also one of the largest taxpayers in Ireland.