On the afternoon of May 11, Coolpad held a media conference in Hong Kong on the issue of the patent dispute with Xiaomi, asking Xiaomi to stop production and sell the equipment that infringed the patent.
Yesterday evening, Cool Group issued an announcement that Yulong Communications, an affiliate, recently infringed disputes on invention patent rights and sued Xiaomi Communications Technology Co., Ltd., Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. and Xiaomizhijia Business Co., Ltd. Nanjing First Branch.
Yulong Communications believes that Xiaomi infringed on its 'method of implementing multi-mode mobile communication terminal call record interface system', issued patent rights, required Xiaomi to stop production, promised sales, sales, and infringed on the patented Xiaomi MIX2, Redmi Note5 and Redmi 5Plus mobile phones. The behavior, together with compensation for economic losses, said that the case has been accepted and has not yet been heard.
In this regard, Xiaomi told Tencent “First Line” that the stability of several patents for Cool claims rights is open to question. Xiaomi has submitted invalid requests for several patents submitted by Cool. It is expected that this matter will have a fairness under the legal framework. The solution.
Xiaomi said that in response to the May 10, 2018 Cool Announcement that it applied to the trial court to appeal for a ban, Xiaomi has not received any notification from the court so far. Xiaomi’s business activities are all normal and all mobile phone models are selling as usual.
Xiaomi also stated that since its establishment, Xiaomi has attached great importance to intellectual property rights and patents, and has so far had a strong accumulation of patents. As of March 31, 2018, millet had submitted more than 23,000 patent applications within the time of nearly 8 years. , Including more than 3,600 authorized patents in China, more than 3,500 patents have been registered overseas, and more than 16,000 domestic and foreign patent applications are being processed. In addition, Xiaomi has already conducted cross-connections with companies such as Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Nokia. Licensing, patent purchase and other in-depth intellectual property cooperation. Xiaomi welcomes all partners who have genuine high quality and effective patents.
Cool is currently in poor operating condition. It released its 2016 annual report in March 2018, and the 2017 annual report is not yet known when it will be released. According to the 2016 annual report, the remaining money from Cool to the end of 2016 is only 1.3 billion. The Hong Kong dollar, in which the accountant’s report mentioned that the amount of money that can be recovered in 2017 to sell assets may only add up to 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
Sun Yanxi, dean of the first mobile phone industry research institute, stated: 'Coolie filed a patent lawsuit against Xiaomi at the time of Xiaomi's preparation of the IPO, and more should be brushing 'a sense of presence'. For the market, the long-lost Cool has launched new ones. Machine, but there is a very low sense of presence. And Cool has so far failed to determine the direction of the future is to continue the mobile phone business, or a comprehensive shift to real estate, which is not a good phenomenon for Cool.