April 12, 2021

On April 20, 2021, China Intellectual Property Publicity Week 2021 with the theme of "Comprehensively Strengthening IPR Protection and Building a New Development Pattern" will kick off. Today, the high-profile poster of the Week will be unveiled first! The Office of the Organizing Committee of China Intellectual Property Publicity Week will authorize posters for public benefit to relevant departments or institutions in need. When using posters, relevant departments or institutions should mark the copyright owner and the source of the posters according to the requirements, and do not change the arrangement order and layout design of a set of four posters at will.

2021年4月12日星期一

2021年4月20日，主题为“全面加强知识产权保护 推动构建新发展格局”的2021年中国知识产权宣传周活动将拉开帷幕，今天，备受瞩目的宣传周海报率先登场！中国知识产权宣传周活动组委会办公室特面向有需求的相关部门或机构，对海报进行公益授权。有关部门或机构在使用海报时应按照要求，标注版权方及海报来源，不随意改变一套四张的排列次序及版面设计。

On the evening of April 9, 2021, 53 film and television companies, five video platforms and 15 film and television industry associations issued a joint statement, announcing that they will launch a collective and necessary legal action against unauthorized editing, slicing, moving and spreading of the content of film and television works online. At the same time, the statement called on producers and operators of short video platforms and public accounts to raise awareness of copyright, and called on all sectors of society to report, delete and block infringing content, so as to form a good industry ecology of "authorization before use".

The joint statement sponsors include midday sun, co-sponsored by the film and television, twist of the film and television, CiWen media, new media, Shanghai yaojiang guest well-known film and television company, such as iQIYI, tencent video, youku, mango TV, Migu video platforms such as video and TV art exchange association, the China China's TV series production industry association, film and television industry association, etc.

In particular, the statement highlighted unauthorized re-creation of video content in the short video sector. One of the "key objects" of copyright protection is in the field of short videos and the other is in the secondary creation of film and television works, which makes Douyin, B website and Kuaishou, which focus on the secondary creation of film and television works, come to the center of the topic again.

Source: jiemian News

2021年4月9日晚，53家影视公司、5家视频平台及15家影视行业协会发表联合声明，将对网络上针对影视作品内容未经授权进行剪辑、切条、搬运、传播等行为，发起集中、必要的法律维权行动。与此同时，声明呼吁短视频平台与公众账号生产运营者提升版权意识、呼吁社会各界对侵权内容予以举报、删除、屏蔽，形成“先授权后使用”的良好行业生态。

本次联合声明发起方包括正午阳光、华策影视、柠萌影视、慈文传媒、上海耀客、新丽传媒等知名影视公司，爱奇艺、腾讯视频、优酷、芒果TV、咪咕视频等视频平台，及中国电视艺术交流协会、中国电视剧制作产业协会等影视行业协会。

声明中特别强调了短视频领域未经授权对影视作品内容进行二次创作的行为。版权保护的“重点关照对象”一个在短视频领域，一个在影视作品二次创作，这使得抖音、B站和快手等集中了影视作品二次创作的短视频平台，再次走到话题中心。

来源：界面新闻

April 13, 2021

On April 12, 2021, DJI officially launched its intelligent driving business brand "DJI vehicle-mounted", which is committed to enabling travel with intelligent space technology and focusing on the development, production, sales and other services of intelligent driving system and its core components. The DJI vehicle-mounted will be unveiled at the Shanghai auto show on April 19.

Before March 29, Shenzhen DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. applied for the registration of "DJI vehicle-mounted" related trademarks, international classification for scientific instruments, transportation tools, website services, etc., the current trademark status is "trademark application".

In addition, the company also disclosed a patent entitled "Vehicle Control Method, Vehicle Control Device, Vehicle and Computer Readable Storage Medium", the disclosure number is CN112166069A, which is classified as a trackless land vehicle. Patent summary: vehicle control method includes the position of the reference point of the vehicle information and speed information, the stability of the reference point is located in the vehicle area, according to the reference point position and speed information, control the steering wheel to the steering wheel direction, in order to control vehicle in from the steering wheel to the steering wheel in the direction of the movement, etc.

Source: Jiemian News

2021年4月13日星期二

2021年4月12日，大疆正式推出旗下智能驾驶业务品牌“大疆车载”，致力于用空间智能科技赋能出行，专注于智能驾驶系统及其核心零部件的研发、生产、销售等服务。大疆车载将于4月19日在上海车展上亮相。

在此前的3月29日，深圳市大疆创新科技有限公司申请注册“大疆车载”相关商标，国际分类为科学仪器、运输工具、网站服务等，目前商标状态均为“商标申请中”。

此外，该公司还公开一项名称为“车辆控制方法、车辆控制装置、车辆及计算机可读存储介质”的专利，公开号为CN112166069A，分类为无轨陆用车辆。专利摘要显示：车辆控制方法包括获取车辆的参考点的位置信息和速度信息，参考点位于车辆的稳定区域，根据参考点的位置信息和速度信息，控制转向轮向非转向轮方向运动，以控制车辆在从转向轮向非转向轮的方向上运动等。

来源：界面新闻

In December 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation filed an investigation against Alibaba Group Holding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Alibaba Group) for abusing its dominant market position in the online retail platform service market in China in accordance with the Anti-Monopoly Law.

According to the investigation, Alibaba Group has a dominant position in the online retail platform service market in China. Since 2015, alibaba group, the dominant market position, abuse within the platform on merchants "alternative" request, ban merchants set up shop in other competitive platform or platform to participate in promotional activities, and with the help of the rules of market forces, platform and data, algorithms and other technical means, take a variety of rewards and punishments measures to guarantee execution "alternative" requirement, Maintain and enhance their own market power and gain unfair competitive advantages.

The investigation shows that Alibaba Group's implementation of the "one or the other" behavior excludes and limits the competition in the service market of online retail platforms in China, impedes the free circulation of goods, services and resources, affects the innovative development of platform economy, infringes the legitimate rights and interests of merchants on the platform, and damages the interests of consumers. Paragraph 1 (4) of Article 17 of the Anti-Monopoly Law prohibits the abuse of dominant market position by "limiting the counterparty to trade with the counterparty without justifying reasons".

In accordance with the provisions of Article 47 and Article 49 of the Anti-Monopoly Law, and taking into account the nature, extent and duration of Alibaba Group's illegal acts, the State Administration for Market Regulation made an administrative punishment decision on April 10, 2021, ordering Alibaba Group to cease its illegal acts. It also imposed a fine of 4 percent of its 2019 sales in China of 455.712 billion yuan, totaling 18.228 billion yuan. At the same time, in accordance with the principle of combining punishment with education in the Administrative Punishment Law, it issued the Administrative Guidance to Alibaba Group, requiring it to make comprehensive rectification in strictly implementing the main responsibility of enterprises on the platform, strengthening internal control and compliance management, maintaining fair competition, and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of merchants and consumers on the platform. In addition, it has submitted self-inspection compliance reports to the State Administration of Market Supervision for three consecutive years.

Source: Xinhua News Agency, ShishuoXinyu

2020年12月，市场监管总局依据反垄断法对阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司（以下简称阿里巴巴集团）在中国境内网络零售平台服务市场滥用市场支配地位行为立案调查。

经查，阿里巴巴集团在中国境内网络零售平台服务市场具有支配地位。自2015年以来，阿里巴巴集团滥用该市场支配地位，对平台内商家提出“二选一”要求，禁止平台内商家在其他竞争性平台开店或参加促销活动，并借助市场力量、平台规则和数据、算法等技术手段，采取多种奖惩措施保障“二选一”要求执行，维持、增强自身市场力量，获取不正当竞争优势。

调查表明，阿里巴巴集团实施“二选一”行为排除、限制了中国境内网络零售平台服务市场的竞争，妨碍了商品服务和资源要素自由流通，影响了平台经济创新发展，侵害了平台内商家的合法权益，损害了消费者利益，构成反垄断法第十七条第一款第（四）项禁止“没有正当理由，限定交易相对人只能与其进行交易”的滥用市场支配地位行为。

根据反垄断法第四十七条、第四十九条规定，综合考虑阿里巴巴集团违法行为的性质、程度和持续时间等因素，2021年4月10日，市场监管总局依法作出行政处罚决定，责令阿里巴巴集团停止违法行为，并处以其2019年中国境内销售额4557.12亿元4%的罚款，计182.28亿元。同时，按照行政处罚法坚持处罚与教育相结合的原则，向阿里巴巴集团发出《行政指导书》，要求其围绕严格落实平台企业主体责任、加强内控合规管理、维护公平竞争、保护平台内商家和消费者合法权益等方面进行全面整改，并连续三年向市场监管总局提交自查合规报告。

来源：新华社、市说新语

Apirl 15, 2021

According to Cailian Press April 14, 2021, the Huai 'an Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu province has ruled on unfair competition by Meituan.

This case is the first case of infringement of unfair competition in the food delivery sector identified in Article 12 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China, which came into effect on January 1, 2018.

Beijing SanKuai Technology Co Ltd (Meituan) will pay 352,000 yuan in compensation to Shanghai Lazarus Information Technology Co Ltd (Ele. me), according to the civil judgment.

Source: Cailian Press

Apirl 15, 2021

据财联社4月14日报道，近日，江苏省淮安市中级人民法院就美团不正当竞争行为作出判决，该案为首次适用2018年1月1日起施行的《中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法》第十二条，认定的外卖领域不正当竞争侵权案件。民事判决书显示，北京三快科技有限公司（美团）将向上海拉扎斯信息科技有限公司（饿了么）赔偿35.2万元。

来源：财联社

April 14, 2021

On April 13, 2021, the Beijing Bureau of Market Supervision completed the investigation into the case of false illegal advertisements published by 360 Search, which was exposed by the CCTV March 15 Gala, and made a fine of 2 million yuan of administrative punishment decision to Beijing Haosoudianjing technology Co., Ltd.

After investigation, the advertising agency involved in the process of acting and uploading advertising, need to submit the "360 Dianjing software" to Beijing Haosoudianjing technology Co., Ltd. It can only be released after approval. However, the company did not implement the advertising review and release system, and did not check the content of the published advertising, resulting in the release of false illegal advertising. The above behavior of the company has violated the relevant provisions of Article 4, Article 28 and Article 34 of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision has made a penalty decision of RMB 2 million on the company according to Article 55 of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China. Related advertising agents suspected of illegal case clues have been transferred to the local market supervision departments.

Source: National Business Daily

北京市市场监管局2021年4月13日对今年中央电视台3·15晚会曝光的360搜索发布虚假违法广告案完成立案调查，对北京好搜点睛科技有限公司依法作出罚款200万元的行政处罚决定。

经查，涉案广告代理商在代理并上传广告过程中，需要通过“360点睛软件”提交北京好搜点睛科技有限公司审核通过后方可发布。但该公司未落实广告审核发布制度，未对已发布的广告内容进行核对，造成发布虚假违法广告的事实。该公司上述行为违反了《中华人民共和国广告法》第四条、第二十八条、第三十四条等相关规定，北京市市场监管局依据《中华人民共和国广告法》第五十五条规定，对该公司作出顶格罚款200万元的处罚决定。相关广告代理商涉嫌违法的案件线索已移送属地市场监管部门处理。

来源：每日经济新闻

On April 10, 2021, Yuanqi Forest issued an apology statement on its official Weibo account, saying that the difference between "0 sugar" and "0 sucrose" was not stated in the logo and promotion of milk tea products, which could easily lead to misunderstanding among consumers. The packaging of most of the forest milk tea produced since February 4 and all of the forest milk tea produced since March 18 has been changed from the original "0 sucrose and low fat" to "low sugar and low fat". The raw materials of all the forest milk tea produced since March 20 no longer contain crystalline fructose.

At the same time, Yuan Qi forest reminds a way: "milk tea has milk so it has sugar."

Founded in 2016, Yuanqi Forest quickly occupied the market and became the domestic web celebrity beverage brand with 0 sugar, 0 fat, 0 calories, high appearance level products and multi-channel marketing. On April 9, Yuanqi Forest completed a new round of financing at a post-financing valuation of $6 billion. In just 4 years, Yuanqi Forest has achieved a soaring valuation from 0 to tens of billions of yuan.

Source: EqualOcean

2021年4月12日星期一

2021年4月10日，元气森林在其官方微博发布致歉声明称，在乳茶产品标识和宣传中，没有说明“0糖”和“0蔗糖”的区别，容易造成消费者误解。自2月4日起生产的大部分元气森林乳茶和自3月18日生产的全部元气森林乳茶，包装从原来的“0蔗糖 低脂肪”改为“低糖 低脂肪”，从3月20日起生产的全部元气森林乳茶，原料中不再含有结晶果糖。

同时，元气森林提醒道：“乳茶有奶所以是有糖的。”

成立于2016年的元气森林，凭借0糖0脂0卡、高颜值的产品和多渠道营销方式迅速占领市场，成为国内的网红饮料品牌。4月9日，元气森林刚刚完成新一轮融资，融资后估值达到60亿美元（约合人民币400亿元）。短短4年时间，元气森林实现了从0到数百亿元的估值飙升。

来源：亿欧网

April 14, 2021

On April 2, 2021, intellectual property service provider NovumIP released the IP Industry Outlook 2021.

The report is based on interviews with more than 500 IP professionals around the world. The main survey is as follows:

1. The biggest challenges facing the IP industry, including how the outbreak affects access to and management of IP portfolios;
2. Priorities for IP investment in 2021 and beyond, including areas where IP professionals want the IP industry to develop;
3. The role of IP service providers, including opportunities for suppliers to enhance their products and services to better serve IP departments and law firms;
4. The impact of industry consolidation on IP professionals, including IP professionals' views on IP management technologies, costs, future priorities, etc. 

According to the report, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic change in the way IP professionals manage their patent and trademark portfolios, which most IP professionals are optimistic about as the IP industry consolidates and becomes more globally integrated. But the main concern is that IP owners and their advisers are facing the need to find more effective ways to address their portfolio management challenges while focusing on the long-term strategic value of IP.

To address these challenges, the report identifies three key pain points for patentees in the post-epidemic era: adding value to the IP portfolio, reassessing IP strategies and technologies, and reducing costs and complexity.

Source: https://www.novumip.com/en/benchmark/

2021年4月14日星期三

2021年4月2日，知识产权服务商NovumIP发布2021知识产权行业展望报告（IP Industry Outlook 2021）。

报告通过了对全球500多名知识产权专业人士访谈，主要调查了：

（1）知识产权行业面临的最大挑战，包括疫情如何影响IP组合的获取和管理；

（2）2021年及以后知识产权投资的重点，包括知识产权专业人士希望IP行业发展的领域；

（3）知识产权服务提供商的角色，包括供应商为更好地服务于IP部门和律所，提升其产品和服务的机会；

（4）行业整合对IP专业人士的影响，包括IP专业人士对知识产权管理技术、成本、未来优先事项等的看法。

报告指出，COVID-19大流行导致IP专业人员管理其专利和商标组合的方式发生了巨大变化，随着IP行业进一步的整合和更紧密的全球一体化，大部分IP专业人士对此比较乐观，但主要的担忧是知识产权所有人及其顾问都面临着寻找更有效的方法来解决其投资组合管理挑战的需要，同时关注知识产权的长期战略价值。

为了应对这些挑战，报告提出了后疫情时期专利权人三大关键痛点：为IP组合增值、重新评估IP战略和技术以及降低成本和复杂性。

来源：https://www.novumip.com/en/benchmark/

April 13, 2021

LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation have resolved a multibillion dollar trade secrets dispute over electric vehicle (EV) batteries, sidestepping a USITC decision that would have barred SK from importing its batteries into the US.

In a joint statement from the two South Korean companies, LG and SK announced they will be dropping all litigation and have signed a non-assertion agreement covering the US or South Korea for the next ten years.

As part of the agreement, SK will pay LG ₩2 trillion ($1.8 billion), comprising several lump-sum payments as well as running royalty fees.

"LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation have decided to settle to compete in an amicable way, all for the future of the US and South Korean electric vehicle battery industries," said Jong Hyun Kim, CEO and President of LG Energy Solution and Jun Kim, CEO and President of SK Innovation.

The decision handed down from the US International Trade Commission (USITC) in February, ruled that SK Innovation had violated key LG battery patents and hit SK with a ten-year import ban on its batteries into the US.

This decision would have severely disrupted business for automakers planning to build vehicles in the US—including Ford and Volkswagen—who had struck deals with SK to supply EV batteries.

Source: World IP Review

The Origional Link: https://www.worldipreview.com/news/lg-and-sk-settle-ev-battery-dispute-21262

2021年4月13日

LG能源解决方案(LG Energy Solution)和SK创新(SK Innovation)解决了一项涉及电动汽车(EV)电池的数十亿美元商业秘密纠纷，绕开了美国国际贸易委员会(USITC)禁止SK向美国进口电池的决定。

在两家韩国公司的联合声明中，LG和SK宣布他们将放弃所有诉讼，并签署了一份未来10年覆盖美国或韩国的不主张协议。

作为协议的一部分，SK将向LG支付₩2万亿(18亿美元)，包括几笔一次性付款和运营特许权使用费。

LG能源解决方案首席执行官兼总裁Jong Hyun Kim和SK创新首席执行官兼总裁Jun Kim表示:“LG能源解决方案和SK创新已经决定以友好的方式竞争，这一切都是为了美国和韩国电动汽车电池行业的未来。”

美国国际贸易委员会(USITC)在2021年2月做出的决定，裁定SK创新侵犯了LG的关键电池专利，并对SK实施了为期10年的电池进口禁令。

这一决定将严重扰乱计划在美国生产汽车的汽车制造商的业务，包括福特和大众，它们已与SK达成了提供电动汽车电池的协议。

来源: 世界知识产权评论

原文链接：https://www.worldipreview.com/news/lg-and-sk-settle-ev-battery-dispute-21262

April 14,. 2021

Suzhou: fertile land for innovation breeds industrial upgrading

The world-renowned "Made in Suzhou" has laid a solid foundation for the development of Suzhou. The gross industrial output value above scale has been ranked among the top three in China. The accumulation of scientific and technological innovation has brought new vitality to Suzhou's take-off. The output value of high-tech industry and strategic emerging industry accounted for 50.9% and 55.7% respectively. There are nearly ten thousand high-tech enterprises in Suzhou. Suzhou leads the country in the fields of bio-medicine, new-generation information technology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. The output value of the four leading industries reached 871.8 billion yuan, up 11.5% year on year, among which the output value of the bio-medicine industry reached 118.7 billion yuan. Traditionally, Suzhou has focused on labor-intensive industries and concentrated efforts on industrial transformation and upgrading, with remarkable performance.

Protection of intellectual property is protection of innovation: three-dimensional protection builds "green wall"

Suzhou has actively explored the work mechanism and system construction of intellectual property protection, strengthened intellectual property protection in the whole chain and protected the innovative development of enterprises from the aspects of improving the protection system, strengthening the supervision of law enforcement and increasing the punishment of infringement. The recently issued Measures on Strengthening IPR Protection and Promoting Pilot Trial in the Yangtze River Delta Ecological and Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone is also an innovative practice to explore the concept of "not breaking administrative subordination and breaking administrative boundaries".

Suzhou has made remarkable achievements in intellectual property, with a number of intellectual property indicators leading Jiangsu Province. A number of work in the field of intellectual property has been carried out first in the whole country:

• It was approved to take the lead in the construction of a pilot technical support system for the inspection and identification of IPR infringement disputes in China; 
• Establish and operate the only intellectual property operation guide fund among prefecture-level cities in China; 
• An intellectual property service center for listing enterprises will be established. 

The China Intellectual Property Conference was held in Suzhou: to add a spark to the high quality development of Suzhou.

On November 8, 2021, CIPAC warmly invites you to join us!

Source: CIPAC

2021年4月14日星期三

苏州：创新沃土孕育产业升级

享誉全球的“苏州制造”为苏州的发展奠定了坚实基础，规模以上工业总产值稳居全国城市前三；厚积薄发的科技创新为苏州的腾飞带来新的活力，高新技术产业、战略性新兴产业产值占比分别达到50.9%和55.7%；苏州全市高新技术企业近万家。苏州在生物医药、新一代信息技术、纳米技术、人工智能等领域全国领先，四大先导产业产值达到8718亿元，同比增长11.5%，其中生物医药产业产值达到1187亿元。历来苏州以劳动密集型产业为主，在产业转型升级方面集中发力，表现可圈可点。

保护知识产权就是保护创新：立体保护筑起“绿色围墙”

苏州对知识产权保护工作机制及制度建设开展积极的探索，从完善保护制度、加强执法监督、加大侵权惩戒等方面，全链条强化知识产权保护，呵护企业创新发展。近期出台的《关于在长三角生态绿色一体化发展示范区强化知识产权保护推进先行先试的若干举措》也是探索“不破行政隶属、打破行政边界”理念的创新实践。

苏州知识产权事业成绩斐然，多项知识产权指标领跑江苏省，知识产权领域多项工作在全国优先展开：

● 获批在全国率先开展知识产权侵权纠纷检验鉴定技术支撑体系建设试点；

● 设立运作全国地级市中唯一的知识产权运营引导基金；

● 成立企业上市知识产权服务中心。

中国知识产权年会落地苏州：为苏州高质量发展再添一把火

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