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Text / Li Junhui
'Mixed.'
For the coming 2017, the word should be the most appropriate portrayal of the shared bike industry.
It's easy to see that, in less than a year, sharing bicycles has been packed in the streets of many cities to meet the needs of users who can ride at any time.
Concerned about the sorrow, the original should be the survival of the fittest under the market competition, unexpectedly due to the huge amount of 'deposit', Xiao Ming, small blue, cool ride due to poor management and the closure of the shared bike, but pulled a large number of users' Funeral '.
However, from the perspective of high-quality development, the shared bicycle industry should have been dominated by technological innovation. However, it eventually turned into a simple battle for capital power. It can be said that the shared bicycle that has been running or collapsed is not necessarily lost Product, technology or experience, but it must be insufficient capital or funds to operate for a long time in 'free ride' mode.
Of course, those shared cycling enterprises that have already run or collapsed are not guilty of "sharing a bicycle deposit" from the outset. Instead, they can only conduct "fundraising and fraud" and can only be verified by the relevant departments.
However, as a new format or new service, sharing bicycles failed to set off the pattern of "catching up and catching up" at the level of technological innovation and failed to establish the corresponding technical threshold or barrier, which can not but be regretted in this industry.
Share bike patent litigation: Mo worship, ofo, Wing On line are involved in disputes
Towards the past 2017, refusing to complete statistics, at least 14 patent infringement disputes occurred in the field of shared bicycles. Among them, Wing On Bank involved 5 suits, riding 5 bicycles and 2 small blue suits ofo Bicycle involved a case, a cool cyclist involved a.
It can be seen that the probability of being involved in patent litigation or major and minor factors is not only related to the share of the market share of cycling, but also to the financing of the relevant enterprises.
Among them, Wing On Bank ("Changzhou Yong'an Public Bicycle System Co., Ltd.") is a typical listing in the preparation period, have been involved in litigation.
On March 23, 2017, Wing On Bank again submitted the initial public offering prospectus to the CSRC. On April 14, 2017, the SFC approved the initial application of Wing On Bank. As soon as the IPO was approaching, Wing On Bank was arrested for patent infringement Was sued to the court, May 6, 2017, Wing On Bank announced that 'due to media questioned matters', decided to suspend the follow-up release.
At that time, Wing On indictment to the court is precisely that 'there is no fixed take-off bike rental operating system and its method' patent holder Gu Tailai.
On April 18, 2017, Gu Tailai sued Wing On Bank to courts such as Suzhou and Nanjing for infringement of his invention patent right.
Patent involved bicycles involved: three cases and unlock related, two cases and the system
Up to now, at least five patents have been disclosed for patent disputes related to the sharing of bicycles, namely "an electric vehicle control system and its operation method", "Internet access control system", "Internet access temporary user authorization device and Method ',' bicycle rental and operation system without fixed take-back point 'and' non-motorized vehicle park / take / rent / return car management system and its control and identification method '.
Among them, three involved unlocking related technologies, two involving system management.
An invention patent for an electric vehicle control system and its operation method was submitted by Hu Tao on June 29, 2013 and was authorized on May 4, 2016.
'Non-motorized vehicle park / take / rent / return management system and its control and identification method' invention patents, from the TSE on November 29, 2007 to submit an application, March 28, 2012 was authorized.
'Internet access temporary device and user authorization means' invention patents, by the Shenzhen Technology Co., Ltd. Hyun cloud on December 2, 2013 to submit an application, on July 6, 2016 authorized.
Internet access control system 'patents for inventions, from Shenzhen Technology Co., Ltd. Hyun cloud on December 2, 2013, authorization time is April 20, 2016.
Sharing bicycle litigation results: Two patents were found to be invalid, and both companies were successful
On 12 October 2016, in respect of the dispute over the patent infringement of Jiangsu Hongpu Technology Co., Ltd. v. Wing On Bank, Shanghai Intellectual Property Court of First Instance handed down the first instance judgment and all the litigation claims of Jiangsu Hongpu Technology Co., Ltd. were rejected. On January 20, Shanghai Higher People's Court made the second instance final judgment, dismissed the appeal and upheld the original verdict.
On August 16, 2017, Shanghai Intellectual Property Court held a public hearing of the dispute over the patent infringement of invention by Hu Tao v. Moi (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Mo Yi Company), in which the patent involved was' Vehicle control system and its method of operation 'invention patents.
However, the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court held that the motorcycle parking control system did not fall into the scope of protection of the patent involved in the plaintiff, did not constitute a violation of the patent right involved and rejected the plaintiff's entire claim.
On December 25 and 26, 2017, Moab Biking made a request for invalidation of two Internet access-related patents submitted by Shenzhen Cyclone Technology Co., Ltd., and the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office made a declaration that all patents were invalid Review the decision.
So far, there have been two patents involved in the field of bicycle sharing. In total, two patents involved have been declared null and void, and Welfare and Wing On Bank each won a successful case against the patent infringement.
2018 shared bicycle competition, more technical content, less irrational 'suicide' burn competition?