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1. Micro-semiconductor firm foothold, and Veeco and SGL shake hands in the global market;
Set of micro-network news, the United States Wei Yi Ke Precision Instrument Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as 'Veeco'), Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. AMEC (hereinafter referred to as 'micro') and SGL (SGL) announced today that it has agreed to reach a settlement of all outstanding litigation between the tripartite parties and friendly settlement of all outstanding disputes, including the case of Veeco's lawsuit filed by Fujian High Court against Veeco and Veeco's New York Eastern District Court litigation against SGL.
As part of the settlement, all legal actions (in court, at the patent office and others) between Veeco, China Microelectronics and SGL and their affiliates worldwide will be withdrawn or otherwise withdrawn. All business processes, including sales, services and imports, will continue, but details of the settlement terms have not been announced.
To this end, Dr. Yin Zhiyao, chairman and chief executive officer of China Micro-Micro, said that reconciliation is a good example of how rivals should solve intellectual property issues based on the interests of global customers.
"We are pleased to report that we have reached a mutually agreed settlement of existing intellectual property disputes that will return our MOCVD operations to normal operations," said Veeco Chairman and CEO John Pillers.
On April 12, 2017, Veeco filed a patent infringement lawsuit against SGL in a federal court in the Eastern District of New York, the United States, and SGL was a supplier of wafer carrier to Semiconductor Corp. In early November of the same year, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York agreed that Veeco A preliminary injunction from SGL, which prohibits SGL from selling wafer carriers for use with MOCVD using Veeco's patented technology, includes wafers specifically designed for medium and micro MOCVD systems Carrier.
In response to SGL's lawsuit filed by Veeco United States, Microchip responded quickly and in July 2017, Semiconductor formally filed a lawsuit against Veeco Shanghai against Fujian High Court, alleging that its TurboDisk EPIK 700 MOCVD equipment infringed China micro-wafer carrier synchronization lock the Chinese patent, requiring it to stop infringement and claims hundreds of millions of yuan damages infringement.In early December, Fujian High Court agreed to the micro-semiconductor in Veeco ban on the application of Shanghai, Veeco Shanghai Ban ban the import, Manufacture, sell or promise to sell to any third party the patent infringement of graphite plate products.
In the process, after Veeco filed a lawsuit in July last year, Veeco Shanghai filed a patent invalidation request with the Patent Reexamination Board, claiming that the semiconductor was not valid, and the Patent Reexamination Board dismissed Veeco's proposal on November 24, 2017 Invalid declaration request to confirm the effective micro-semiconductor patent.
In the first month of 2018, two good news were announced successively by Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. On January 12, 2018, according to Chinese law, China Customs adopted IP protection measures based on CN202492576, Seized two EPOC700 MOCVD equipment that Veeco Asia imported into China and allegedly infringed the patent.
On January 23, 2018, the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) made a decision on the examination and found that Veeco USA No. ZL 01822507.1, entitled "Baseless reactor for growing epitaxial layers on a wafer by chemical vapor deposition" Of the invention patent is invalid because of its lack of novelty and inventive step.It is reported that this invalidated patent is the same Chinese patent family of the U.S. Patent (US 6,506,252, US 6,726,769) that Veeco USA sued SGL for patent infringement last year.
From this incident, we can see that when China's high-tech enterprises filed legal proceedings in the face of market competitors, especially the industry giants, the high-tech enterprises in China are making concerted efforts from concession to contentiousness and tactical advancement in the course of litigation. Intellectual property litigation capacity is growing.
Previously, Wang Yanhui, secretary-general of China Mobile Alliance, commented that the semi-conductor and Veeco patent warfare were the same as the patent battle of Veeco and the basis for future market expansion and market expansion. Chinese enterprises ultimately rely on core technologies and fair-market competition in their global competition. Proofreading / small autumn)
2. ant gold service: the number of block chain patent applications in the world, has nothing to do with the ICO;
Fenghuang Wang Finance February 9 According to media reports, vice president of ant clothes, technical director Jiang Guofei replies to the block the number of patent applications worldwide first said that the block chain is not equal to ICO, blockchain technology attractiveness Lies in the establishment of trust, while ICO chaos is destroying trust and the blockchain will be able to release tremendous power in the future.
It is reported that "2017 Global Blockchain Enterprise Patent Rankings" shows that China in the block chain patent growth rate far exceeds the United States, leading the world.Amibaba ranked first in the total amount of 49, all of these patents from Ant gold Service technical laboratory.This is interpreted as Alibaba will be 'all in' blockchain, and even rumors that Alibaba will issue their own virtual currency.
3. 2017 China graphene photovoltaic industry patent applications lead the world;
Recently, Jiangnan Graphene Institute and Jiangsu Provincial Intellectual Property Research Center released "Patent Analysis Report of Graphene Photovoltaic (2017)." The report shows that as of August 31, 2017, the number of overseas patent applications for the graphene photovoltaic industry was 1,852 , The number of domestic patent applications is 2,312, the domestic patent applications are in a leading position in the world and the technology development is in a period of rapid growth.
The report shows that graphene applications in the field of photovoltaic patent applications, the number of domestic patent applications submitted by the applicant was 2060, accounting for 89% of the total domestic applications.China top 10 applications in the region, the application of Jiangsu Province The amount of 377, ranked first in the country.The report recommends that domestic enterprises can play its technical advantages in product applications, mining key applications focus on core technologies to develop industry-related standards or norms to enhance global competitiveness.
(Source: China Intellectual Property News)
4.Apple Pen great useful! Apple secret patent exposure;
Apple iPad released on the Pro, we saw the pressure-sensitive stylus pen - Apple Pen, but so far, Apple Pen can only be used on the iPad Pro, Apple does not support other products, Apple Pen slightly embarrassed, In order to avoid the same situation as iPad, recently, insiders found that Apple's new patent is expected to be implemented on iMac, MacBook Pro and other products using Apple Pen.
Apple Pen future is expected to MacBook Pro, iMac and other Apple's own equipment
From the patented design we can see that the future of Apple Pen may be used by users anywhere, and then the sensor will be created by the content input to the electronic device, the device in addition to including the iPad, MacBook Pro, iMac and other Apple's own The device will also support it.
Apple Pen future is expected to iPad, MacBook Pro, iMac and other Apple's own device to use
However, the specific implementation is not described in the patent, but only based on motion and direction sensors, camera or electromagnetic induction to achieve, of course, for the time being, this is only a patent, the specific can not become a real product Depends on Apple's overall product line planning, patent on the Apple Pen, what do you think? Sina Technology
5. National Copyright Bureau: Promote Tencent Music and NetEase cloud music reached a copyright cooperation
Recently, the State Copyright Bureau issued an official document, recently, under the active coordination of the National Copyright Administration, Tencent Music and NetEase cloud music copyright cooperation on the issue of online music agreed to mutually authorize the music works to reach their own exclusive music More than 99% of the number, and agreed to long-term cooperation in music copyright, and actively open music platform to other online music platform authorization.
The following is the official copyright WeChat State Copyright Bureau:
Recently, under the active coordination and promotion of the National Copyright Administration, Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music reached agreement on copyright cooperation in online music, mutually authorizing music works to reach more than 99% of their respective exclusive music works and agreed on long-term cooperation in music copyright, At the same time actively to other online music platform open music licenses.Tencent music and Netease cloud music copyright music network to reach cooperation on the network is conducive to the full authorization of music and widely disseminated, to maintain the good order of the network music copyright, the establishment of online music Good ecological rights play a positive role.
Since the State Copyright Administration organized a special rectification of the online music copyright order in 2015, the online music copyright infringement and piracy have been effectively checked and the online music copyright order has been significantly improved. How to promote the wider spread of musical works while strengthening copyright protection and become a network Music industry is facing an important issue.To this end, the National Copyright Bureau take measures to make every effort to simultaneously monitor and coordinate actively, one is to interview the major online music service providers and major music companies, requiring them to promote the full authorization of online music, widely disseminated and explored Establish the online music copyright authorization and operation mode in line with market rules and international practices; secondly, further strengthen supervision over copyright management of online music, require online music service providers and music companies to strengthen the copyright management of music resources and actively establish a good online music copyright ecology; Is to promote Tencent Music and NetEase cloud music to solve copyright disputes and disputes for a long time to coordinate the two sides to carry out copyright cooperation in music.
The copyright cooperation between Tencent Music and Netease Cloud Music is another positive result of the National Copyright Administration in implementing the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress, consolidating the achievements in copyright management of online music and promoting the wide spread of online music. It is also a major effort by major online music service providers For the majority of Internet users to better provide music services and jointly promote the orderly development of online music industry initiatives.Next, the National Copyright Administration will continue to actively promote the parties to the Internet music copyright laws and regulations, market rules and international practices, through the high quality Service, fair competition, differentiated development, establish and improve the standard and orderly, sustainable development of online music licensing, operating mode, and promote the network of music industry prosperity and healthy development.