It is understood that the patents initiated by Hisense mainly include two patents: a backlight control method, a device and an LED television, and a backlight drive circuit and a television set, all of which are within the validity period. Hisense sued the court Sharp ordered the immediate cessation of infringement of its patent rights, stop manufacturing, sales, promised sales of infringing products, and the destruction of infringing products and other appeals, the two courts have formally accepted the case.
In fact, the patent litigation between Hisense and Sharp has been uninterrupted.In June 9, 2017, Sharp around the North American market LCD TV sales brand rights issue in California, the United States court against China Hisense Group sued Hisense to stop Use the Sharp TV business brand and claim damages of at least $ 100 million.
On June 16, Sharp of Taiwan's Hon Hai Company withdrew its lawsuit against China Hisense; subsequently, on July 17, Sharp filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Federal District Court of the Southern District of New York suing some Chinese-made and marketed TVs of Hisense Group in mainland China Aircraft products, against Sharp's WLAN-related patent technology.Sharp asked Hisense to ban the sale of infringing products for a long time and demanded compensation for damages.
However, Sharp's prosecution of Hisense in the United States appears to be progress blocked.According to Hisense, Sharp's Hisense first action in the United States to withdraw an appeal, November 13, the United States District Court (DC) made an order to approve Hisense's request to dismiss Sharp prosecution Of the motion, at the same time Sharp's move to apply for a ban to be rejected.
It appears that for Sharp's lawsuit attack, Hisense no longer choose to sit still, but will be the way to cure their people.