1. The news said that the China Tower was accused of infringing patent rights;
Source: Moving Point Technology
According to Now News, China Tower Co., Ltd., which is scheduled to be listed in Hong Kong on August 8, was sued for infringement of patent rights in mainland China.
According to the report, the plaintiff Xiong Xiaoning sued the China Tower for a large-scale unlicensed use of a design that he had obtained patents from the State Intellectual Property Office in the Mainland, namely a wireless signal street light station.
Xiong Xiaoning asked the China Tower to immediately stop infringing his patent rights, dismantle and destroy the relevant base stations, and compensate for economic losses and legal expenses. The lawsuit was filed on July 16th by the Changsha Intermediate People's Court of Hunan Province, and will be filed on October 16. The day of the trial.
The listing of the China Tower shows that as of the Latest Practicable Date, the company has not been informed of any infringement of intellectual property rights owned by any third party and stated that it has not involved any litigation that is or will be conducted. The HKEx stated that it will not target individual companies or Comment on the situation, but depending on the information obtained, decide whether to take or take further action.
China Tower told Low News that it will disclose corporate matters in accordance with legal and regulatory procedures.
China Tower has applied to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for approval of the listing and trading of H shares to be issued under the Global Offering. It is expected to be traded on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at 9:00 am on August 8. Stock code 0788. China Tower will sell 43.115 billion shares. H shares, Hong Kong's number of shares offered for the sale of 2.156 billion H shares, the highest offer price of 1.58 Hong Kong dollars / share, the minimum expected is not less than 1.26 Hong Kong dollars.
2. Lansi Technology has 182 patent applications in the first half of the year, and 188 patents have been granted;
Red Net Time August 1st (Liuyang Daily reporter Hu Jixing intern Qiu Haohui) Recently, Hunan Provincial Intellectual Property Office released the province's patents from January to June this year: the number of patent applications was 42,075, a year-on-year increase of 17.39%; The number of 24,340 pieces, an increase of 39.93% over the same period. Among them, Lansi Technology has 182 patent applications and 188 patents, and both intellectual property indicators rank first in the province.
The quantity and quality level of patents are related to the innovation ability and market competitiveness of the company. In recent years, the annual R&D investment accounted for more than 6% of the operating income. In 2015 to 2017, the company's R&D investment accounted for operating income. The ratios are 6.64%, 9.09% and 6.65% respectively.
By the end of 2017, Lansi Technology has applied for more than 1,500 domestic patents, including more than 400 invention patents, and more than 700 patents have been granted. In addition, 13 foreign patent applications have been submitted through the Paris Convention and the PCT (Patent Cooperation Agreement). The number of patent layouts is far ahead in the industry.
The number of patent applications filed by Lansi Technology and the number of patent grants have risen rapidly, but Liuyang is paying more and more attention to the development of intellectual property.
In recent years, Liuyang City has implemented the “National Innovation Driven Development Strategy Outline” in an in-depth manner, and has established a “1+8” policy system for scientific and technological innovation centered on “Several Policy Measures for Promoting Scientific and Technological Innovation in Liuyang City”, and increased financial support. Incentives for inventions and creations, patent applications continue to climb.
In the past three years, Liuyang City has applied for 4,606 patent applications, more than 700 scientific research achievements, 512 new products, more than 250 new technologies, and won the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 9 National Science and Technology Invention Awards, and the National Invention Exhibition Gold Award 1 1. Provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards, and Changsha Science and Technology Progress Awards.
At the same time, Liuyang City has also increased its investment, policy support, and technology to support enterprises to carry out technological transformation and equipment upgrades, and promote traditional industries such as fireworks and firecrackers and food production into specialized, large-scale, mechanized, and In-depth implementation of high-tech industry innovation and excellence 'package plan', and constantly improve the quality and efficiency of high-tech industry development. At present, the city has 101 high-tech enterprises, science and technology innovation 'little giant' business 43.
3. Nichia was compensated by Hongqi and ended the YAG patent infringement dispute;
Nichia Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. announced that the company has received compensation from Hongqi Technology and terminated the infringement dispute with Hongqi Technology in Germany on YAG patents.
Nichia filed a patent infringement suit against four white LED infringing products such as 'HT-V116TW', 'HT-U158TW', 'HT-T169TW' and 'HT-P178TWU-PQPS-DG' owned by Hongqi Technology. Nichia advocates that the products sold in Germany infringe on the Japanese YAG patent, namely European Patent No. EP 936 682 (German Patent No. DE 697 02 929), requesting the court to issue an injunction and award damages.
The first-instance judgment made by the Dusseldorf District Court on March 29, 2012 (judgment number 4a O 184/10) and the second-instance judgment made by the Dusseldorf Court of Appeal on January 20, 2017 (judgment number I-2 U 41/12), both will recognize the Japanese proposition and recognize that Hongqi Technology constitutes an infringement. The above judgment has the final effect; considering the above four LEDs and other products, Hongqi Technology paid a considerable amount to Japan for damages. The solution to the claim.
According to the above final judgment, Nichia and Hongqi Technology have terminated their legal disputes over German YAG patents.
4. Apple applies for a new patent: Mac will use the iPhone as a touchpad;
From the point of view of device functionality, Apple has always insisted on the separation of touch-screen devices such as the iPad from Mac computers. This means that Apple will not immediately launch PC products with traditional touch screens.
However, in 2016, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a groundbreaking Apple patent application that described the concept of 'inductive charging between iOS devices and even MacBook Pros'. Apple's original patents were basic. The concept of the redesigned MacBook Pro is described above, and its traditional Force Touch trackpad is replaced with a 'docking station'.
Of course, this is a distant concept, and we are unlikely to see this on Apple's final product right away, but the fact that it was originally released suggests that the company has been at least exploring the MacBook concept with additional touch screen capabilities.
Interestingly, the US Patent and Trademark Office recently published a new patent that is a continuation of Apple's original patent, which involves more details of the invention and adds new technical claims, perhaps to protect this. The integrity of the concept.
According to foreign media's report by Patently Apple, the following are more details of the new patent that Apple applied for:
1. Apple's new patent claims to use a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device to receive input touchpad response measurements.
2, The new patent also technically describes how the MacBook Pro touchscreen works, such as 'When a user uses the touchpad of a MacBook Pro to charge an i-series device, the inductive charging coil allows the user to still receive input using the touch screen. .
3, at the same time, Apple's new patent said that the first induction coil is placed under the touchpad, through the touchpad to provide inductive power to external electronic devices, or through it to receive inductive power. Another coil is Portable electronic device docking, providing charging sensing capability, or receiving sensing capability.
So the question is, does this mean that the MacBook Pro with touch screen is coming soon?
In fact, the current continuation patent (No. 20180212455) is only a patent application. It should be mentioned that any patent published by the USPTO does not guarantee that the concepts described are applicable to consumer devices. Apple often applies for a large number of patents, but from the current situation, most of them are not used in current Apple products. Apple's continuation patent application was filed in March 2018.
It's worth noting that although Apple may have a firm stance on 'merging products', there is growing evidence that the company may be rethinking this idea. For example, there is news that Apple plans to launch iOS 13 next year. The system, which contains the final product of the 'Marzipan project', Apple engineers hope that this project will allow iOS applications to run seamlessly on Mac computers.
Apple also won the first patent on the concept of a touch-screen iMac, which is absolutely crazy. In addition, we also reported last week that Apple's other apple called 'inductive charging between electronic devices' Patent application, which describes how to charge two devices, such as laptops and smartphones. For example, an exhausted iPhone can be charged by a MacBook Pro that still has remaining power.
5. Apple applies for a new patent: The future iPhone can be folded in a variety of ways;
According to Apple Insider's August 3, Beijing time, Apple continues to explore the possibility of developing a flexible display iPhone or iPad, including a conceptual design, the entire display can be folded in many different ways according to the user's wishes, and Will not break.
The US Patent and Trademark Office announced Thursday that Apple's patent application, a foldable protective layer and display for electronic devices, describes a variety of ways in which the display can be folded. With a hinge, this display It can also be used on smart watches and tablets, but the content of patent application materials is more extensive.
The patent application materials detail the use of protective and display layers, transparent substrates and filler materials.
According to the patent application, this technology will create an ultra-thin folding screen that can be folded in different ways, such as folding a book like a book, or folding multiple folds like a booklet, revealing only one-third of the display, even Roll up the display.
Apple has been exploring the concept of a foldable display for some time. In a patent filed in July, the issue of using flexible elements to deal with display stress was mentioned.
Apple applied for a related patent in October 2017, when there were rumors that Apple was working with LG and plans to launch an iPhone with a flexible display in 2020. Apple was awarded a patent in November 2016, which explained the use of hinges and The metal shell flexible OLED display screen produces a folding screen mobile phone, which can be clipped to the clothes when the mobile phone is not in use.
Apple is still investing heavily in the development of MicroLED display technology - possibly for the production of flexible displays.
Although Apple has applied for a large number of patents to the US Patent and Trademark Office, patent applications are published or patented, which does not mean that the technology will appear in future Apple products. However, the number of patents and patent applications, as well as competitors Research on related concepts suggests that Apple may plan to launch such products at an appropriate time in the future.
6. Beijing Daily Review: 'Paper Patent' Cannot Support Innovation Powers
Innovative tides are surging, and the same is mixed. Recently, some media have revealed the phenomenon of 'pseudo-innovation': high-tech enterprises are applying for patents, and some are pursuing 'bringing', and directly carrying out products of others as 'exclusive innovation'; Some are good at 'one for ten', and put a technical invention in ten application scenarios to declare separately; others have set up 'paper patents', because 'as long as the text is well written, patents generally can't run'... The serious and rigorous patent application, mixed with some famous flower shelves, is really shocking.
Since it is a 'pseudo-innovation', why do people find ways to do it at all costs? The answer lies in a 'li' word. In this era when the whole society values innovation and encourages innovation, as long as there is a patent, the price rises immediately. Expected to get government support, it may also attract more investment and orders. Although 'pseudo-innovation' itself has no output, but the various benefits obtained from the name of the patent, many companies are rushing.
The society needs to be hatched. What the relevant departments want to support is of course high-value patents with great application potential, especially the true innovations related to core technologies, and the meta-innovation in the basic research fields. But obviously, it is very difficult to overcome these valuable projects. It takes a lot of time, energy, resources, and bluffing 'pseudo-innovation'. It is completely different from the Japanese. Profit-seeking is the nature of the enterprise. If the path of 'pseudo-innovation' is light and rewarding, there are few Home companies are willing to choose the harder, slower road. In this sense, it is not so much that some companies are savvy about the 'innovation road'. It is better to say that there are loopholes in the existing system, leaving a hole to be drilled.
What is more worthy of caution is that despite the key breakthroughs in China's innovation in these years, many areas have the concept of hype, chasing the bubble of the wind. These bubbles occupy a lot of innovative resources, which has spawned the entrepreneurial myth of 7787. If the phenomenon is not reversed, the negative effect is not only a waste of resources, but also a space for real innovation, and even the consequences of 'bad money driving good money'.
'Pseudo-innovation' can not afford productivity, competitiveness, an innovative big country is even less likely to be built on the 'paper patent' 'PPT patent'. Therefore, it is imperative to falsify the innovation in various fields, and let the resources go to those with more gold. Project convergence. This process, the company can not do it consciously, the key is to let the policy 'baton' play a role. The data shows that the number of patent applications in China has exceeded one million each year, ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years, but the conversion rate is only About 10%, far lower than 40% in developed countries. After careful study, the tendency of 'one-sided pursuit of quantity' may be difficult to blame. This means that we need to adjust the direction of the project's examination and approval, etc. High standards, must not 'break into the basket are dishes'.
Israel is recognized as a world of innovation. There are 13 chief scientist offices in the country, composed of scientists from various fields, and must work full-time. The main task is to fund startups. As early as many years ago, Israel’s per capita venture capital investment was It is 2.5 times that of the United States, 30 times that of Europe, and 80 times that of China. Such a successful case is enough to show that a little more strict and precise, less tolerance and extensive, will not only kill the seedlings of innovation, but also cultivate more More innovative flowers. Looking forward to further improvement of relevant policies, reversing the status quo of 'innovation and growing flowers' in the field of innovation, making 'pseudo-innovation' unprofitable.