On the evening of April 17, "The 11th China IP New Year Forum and 2021 China IP Managers Annual Conference Award Ceremony" was held grandly in the St. Regis Hotel Beijing.

The award ceremony announced "China's Outstanding IP Manager of the Year 2020", "China's Outstanding IP Service Team of the Year 2020", "China's Emerging IP Service Team of the Year 2020", "China's Outstanding Enterprise IP Management Team of the Year 2020", "Recommendation of International IP Service Organizations of the Year 2021" and "2020" "And" IP Influential Person in China ".

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Date: April 20, 2021

Source: China IP Magazine

4月17日晚，“第十一届中国知识产权新年论坛暨2021中国知识产权经理人年会颁奖盛典”在北京瑞吉酒店盛大举行。

颁奖典礼现场揭晓了“2020年度中国杰出知识产权经理人”、“2020年度中国杰出知识产权服务团队”、“2020年度中国新锐知识产权服务团队”、“2020年度中国杰出企业知识产权管理团队”、“2021年国际知识产权服务机构推荐”和“2020年度中国知识产权影响力人物”等奖项的最终结果。

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On June 30, the Second inspection group of the CPC Central Committee conducted a routine inspection of the Leading Party Members' Groups of the Intellectual Property Office. On August 20, 2020, the CPC Central inspection group reported the inspection opinions to the Party Leading Group of the Intellectual Property Office. The rectification has the following key points:

Second, we will continue to make strict and concrete reforms to ensure that the comments and corrections made in the central government's inspections are fully implemented

1. So far, 68, or 76 percent, of the 89 rectification tasks have been completed, and other rectification tasks are in progress. The rectification tasks involved the formulation or revision of 27 systems at bureau level or above, of which 24 have been formulated or revised and issued, and the remaining three systems are progressing steadily in accordance with the completion time specified in the task division and the list of responsibilities.
2. By the end of 2020, the examination period for high-value patents has been reduced to 14 months, the overall examination period for invention patents has been reduced to 20 months, and the average examination period for trademark registration has been reduced to 4 months, which is more than half of that at the beginning of the 13th Five-Year Plan. The examination quality improved steadily, with the completion accuracy rate of invention patent examination reaching 92.2 percent, and the acceptance rate of sample examination of trademark registration reaching 96.7 percent.
3. Strengthen the control of low-quality patent applications and low-quality trademark applications. In 2020, 14,600 applications for malicious trademark registration that were not intended for use were rejected according to law. Local governments are urged to optimize relevant policies to avoid improper funding. Strengthen positive publicity and guidance, and create a good environment for high-quality development of patents and trademarks in the whole society.

Leading Party Members' Group of the National Intellectual Property Administration of the CPC

April 20, 2021

Source: Website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission

Original Link:

http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/202104/t20210419_239919.html

根据中央统一部署，2020年5月14日至6月30日，中央第二巡视组对知识产权局党组进行了常规巡视。2020年8月20日，中央巡视组向知识产权局党组反馈了巡视意见。整改有以下几个重点：

二、坚持严改实改，确保中央巡视反馈意见整改落实到位

1. 截至目前，中央巡视反馈意见89项整改任务已完成68项，占76%，其他整改任务正在持续推进中。整改任务中涉及制定或修订局级及以上层面制度27项，其中24项已制定或修订完成并印发，其余3项制度基本按照任务分工与责任清单中明确的完成时限稳步推进。

2. 截至2020年底，高价值专利审查周期压减至14个月，发明专利审查周期整体压减至20个月，商标注册平均审查周期缩短到4个月，较“十三五”初期压减一半以上。审查质量稳中有升，发明专利审查结案准确率达到 92.2%，商标注册审查抽检合格率达到 96.7%。

3. 加强对低质量专利申请和劣质商标申请的管控。2020年，共依法驳回不以使用为目的的商标恶意注册申请1.46万件。敦促地方优化相关政策，避免不当资助。强化正面宣传引导，在全社会营造专利、商标高质量发展的良好环境。

中共国家知识产权局党组

2021年4月20日

来源：中央纪委国家监委网站

原文链接：

http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/202104/t20210419_239919.html

The reporter learned from Beijing market supervision bureau, Beijing on April 21 released the top ten typical cases of IPR enforcement in 2020. It mainly involves trademark infringement, counterfeiting of patents, infringement of exclusive rights, malicious registration and other acts, and has continuously strengthened the enforcement of IP.

The 10 cases are mainly related to cases of exclusive use of registered trademarks, cases of malicious registration of trademarks, cases of selling counterfeit patented products and cases of unauthorized production. Among them, without permission in the third class medical equipment production, the production of medical device registration certificate against the third class medical instrument case, Beijing good embellish biological technology co., LTD. Has not obtained the production license and registration certificate of medical equipment, engaged in production activities of nucleic acid detection kit kit involved value 82000 yuan. Relevant authorities ordered him to immediately stop his illegal activities, confiscated 38,000 yuan of illegal income and fined him 1.23 million yuan.

It is reported that the notified cases include a number of products with exclusive rights to registered trademarks, showing the characteristics of using online platforms such as takeout platforms, live streaming platforms and online shopping platforms to sell "labeled" fake goods. All the parties were ordered to correct within a time limit, fined, confiscated illegal income and other severe punishment.

(Source: Xinhua News Agency)

记者从北京市市场监督管理局获悉，北京4月21日发布2020年度知识产权领域执法十大典型案例，主要涉及商标侵权、假冒专利、侵犯专有权、恶意注册等行为，不断提高知识产权执法力度。

此次公示的十起案件，主要涉及注册商标专用权案、恶意注册商标案、销售假冒专利产品案、未经许可生产案等。其中，在未经许可从事第三类医疗器械生产活动、生产未取得医疗器械注册证的第三类医疗器械案中，北京良润生物科技有限公司未取得医疗器械生产许可证及注册证，从事核酸检测试剂盒的生产活动，涉案试剂盒货值金额8.2万元。相关部门责令其立即停止违法行为，没收违法所得3.8万元，并处罚款123万元。

据悉，本次通报案件包括多起注册商标专用权商品案，呈现出利用外卖平台、直播平台、网购平台等多个网络平台销售“贴标”假冒商品的特点。当事人均受到责令限期改正、罚款、没收违法所得等严厉处罚。

  (来源: 新华社)

Today's Toutiao vs. Today's Youtiao, what's the connection between the two? The name is just a word away. Is it a free ride, a hot ride or "pure coincidence"?

In response, Beijing Bytedance Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Bytedance"), a subsidiary of Toutiao, alleges infringement of trademark rights and unfair competition. Will be twisted dough-strips henan today catering management co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the Fried dough sticks) today, and zhengzhou jinshui district today twisted dough-strips breakfast (hereinafter referred to as the Fried dough sticks breakfast today), henan barbecue food co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the roasters company) to the court, and to stop infringement ACTS of unfair competition, eliminate the influence, and claims 2 million yuan.

Today, the case is heard in the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court. Toutiao said the court did not agree to the mediation.
In the court hearing, whether "Today's Fried Tiao" constitutes infringement and unfair competition has become the focus of controversy in the court hearing.

Source: Guangzhou Daily

今日头条VS今日油条，两者有何关联？名称只是一字之差，究竟是搭便车、蹭热度还是“纯属巧合”？

对此，今日头条所属的北京字节跳动科技有限公司(以下简称字节跳动公司)以侵害商标权及不正当竞争为由，将河南今日油条餐饮管理有限公司(以下简称今日油条公司)、及郑州市金水区今日油条早餐店(以下简称今日油条早餐店)、河南烧烤者食品有限公司(以下简称烧烤者公司)告上公堂，要求停止侵权及不正当竞争行为，消除影响，并索赔200万元。

今日，本案在广州知识产权法院公开开庭审理。今日头条方当庭表示不同意调解。

庭审中，“今日油条”是否构成侵权、不正当竞争成为庭审争议焦点。

来源：广州日报

April 21, 2021

With a bang of the judge's gavel, the hotly debated Viya v. Viya Strictly Select unfair competition case closed today in the Binjiang Court Circuit Court on the second floor of the Binjiang Intellectual Property Building in Hangzhou.

The Binjiang Court ordered the defendant Weiya Yanxuan Company to immediately stop using the company name containing the word "Weiya" and change the company name registration; Immediately cease any other acts of unfair competition involving the use of the word "Weiya" in its production and business activities (including the use of the word "Weiya" in the nickname, profile picture and personal profile of its Douyin account); In the Southern Metropolis Daily published a statement, publicly apologized to the plaintiff Weiya, for the plaintiff to eliminate the influence; To compensate the plaintiff for economic losses of $300,000 and reasonable expenses of $101,000 for stopping infringement.

Source: Hangzhou Court

2021年4月21日星期三

“砰”随着法官的一槌定音，引发热议的薇娅诉“薇娅严选”不正当竞争案今日在杭州滨江知识产权大厦二楼滨江法院巡回审判庭落下帷幕。

滨江法院依法判处被告薇娅严选公司立即停止使用含有“薇娅”字样的企业字号并变更公司名称登记；立即停止在其生产经营活动中使用“薇娅”字样的其他不正当竞争行为（包括在其运营的抖音账号中昵称、头像、个人简介中使用“薇娅”字样）；在《南方都市报》刊登声明，公开向原告薇娅赔礼道歉，为原告消除影响；赔偿原告经济损失30万元及原告为制止侵权的合理开支10.1万元。

来源：杭州法院

April 23, 2021

After the incident of protecting the rights of Tesla's female car owner, Tesla responded under external pressure on April 21 that it was willing to provide the original data of the car half an hour before the incident to a third-party appraisal agency or a government-designated technical supervision department or consumers.

According to the official WeChat ID news on the 22nd, Tesla provided the reporter of the China Market Regulatory News with the data of one minute before the accident and made a text explanation.

In addition, regarding the condition of the vehicle in the 30 minutes before the accident, Tesla stated that in the 30 minutes before the accident, the driver drove the vehicle normally and pressed the brake pedal for more than 40 times, while the vehicle exceeded 100 km/h and brake for many times.

Tesla officials said that they will fully cooperate with the regulatory authorities to carry out in-depth investigations and open up to public supervision.

(Source: China Market Regulatory Journal)

2021年4月23日星期五

在特斯拉女车主维权事件发酵后，4月21日特斯拉迫于外界压力回应称，愿提供事发前半小时的车辆原始数据给第三方鉴定机构或政府指定的技术监督部门或者消费者。

据中国市场监管报官方微信号22日消息，特斯拉向中国市场监管报记者提供了车辆发生事故前一分钟的数据，并作出一份文字说明。

另外，关于事故发生前30分钟车辆的状况，特斯拉方面是这样叙述的：在车辆发生事故前的30分钟内，驾驶员正常驾驶车辆，有超过40次踩下制动踏板的记录，同时车辆有多次超过100千米每小时和多次刹停的情况发生。

特斯拉相关负责人表示，将毫无保留地配合监管部门开展深入调查，开诚布公接受社会监督。

（来源：中国市场监管报）

Apirl 21, 2021

The Beijing Internet Court announced on April 20, 2021 that since its establishment in 2018, the annual number of copyright-related cases has been maintained at about 30,000, with the number of cases remaining at a high level and infringement disputes showing a trend of frequent occurrence.

Zhao Ruigang, vice president of the Beijing Internet Court, said at a press conference on the same day that the court had accepted 28,946 copyright cases in 2020 and concluded 27,925, or 96 percent of the total. In terms of the way of settlement, 21,714 cases were settled by mediation or withdrawal, accounting for 78%. Judgments and other means were used to settle 6,211 cases, accounting for 22%, with obvious results in resolving disputes.

From the perspective of the types of works involved, the copyright cases accepted by the Academy mainly involve photographic works, fine arts works, audio-visual works, text works, music works, etc. Among them, the number of cases involving photographic works, text works and audio-visual works ranked the top three, accounting for 52%, 20% and 18% respectively.

In terms of the types of rights involved, 28,604 cases, accounting for 99%, were mainly related to the right to spread information through networks. In addition, some cases also involve the right of authorship, reproduction, broadcasting and other rights.

Source: Chinanews.com

2021年4月21日星期三

据悉，北京互联网法院2021年4月20日通报称，该院自2018年建院以来，涉著作权案件的年收案量一直维持在3万件左右，案件数量处于持续高位，侵权纠纷呈现多发态势。

北京互联网法院副院长赵瑞罡在当天的一场发布会上介绍说，2020年，该院共受理著作权案件28946件，审结27925件，结收比为96%。从结案方式上看，以调解和撤诉方式结案21714件，占比78%；以判决等其他方式结案6211件，占比22%，息诉解纷成效明显。

从涉及作品类型来看，该院受理的著作权案主要涉及摄影作品、美术作品、视听作品、文字作品、音乐作品等。其中，涉及摄影作品、文字作品、视听作品的案件数量居前三位，占比分别为52%、20%、18%。

从涉及的权利类型看，主要是与信息网络传播权相关的案件，共计28604件，占比为99%。此外，部分案件还涉及署名权、复制权、广播权等权项。

来源：中国新闻网

April 22, 2021

Intel Corp. ducked getting hit with another multibillion-dollar damage award after a federal jury in Texas cleared it of claims it was infringing patents formerly owned by NXP Semiconductors NV on ways to speed up computers.

Intel doesn’t infringe two patents owned by closely held VLSI Technology LLC, according to the federal jury in Waco, Texas. The trial was held in the same courthouse where a different jury toldIntel to pay VLSI $2.18 billion over other patents last month.

This was the second of three trials in suits VLSI lodged against Intel over patents that until early 2019 were owned by Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors. A third trial, also before U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, is scheduled to begin in June.

Read More:Texas’ Distanced Juries Hit Big Tech With $3.7 Billion of Awards

In the most recent trial, VLSI was seeking $3 billion in damages, saying the inventions were critical to Intel’s ability to make chips faster and with fewer energy requirements. That’s more than 3,000 times what the patents were valued at in past acquisitions, Intel’s lawyers argued.

Intel denied using any of the inventions, saying its own engineers have spent decades developing the chips that are used in everything from laptops to military fighter planes. It also argued that the patents didn’t cover new ideas even two decades ago, when they were issued.

Intel said in a statement that it was pleased the jury “rejected VLSI’s meritless claims that Intel’s cutting-edge processors infringe expired patents on MP3 player technology.”

Source: Bloomberg Law

Original Link: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/intel-wins-billion-dollar-patent-trial-over-former-nxp-chips

2021年4月22日星期四

英特尔公司(Intel Corp.)回避了另一项数十亿美元赔偿金的诉讼。此前，德克萨斯州的一个联邦陪审团澄清了英特尔侵犯恩智浦半导体公司(NXP Semiconductors NV)在加速电脑速度方面拥有的专利的指控。

得克萨斯州韦科的联邦陪审团说，英特尔没有侵犯少数人持股的超大规模集成电路技术有限责任公司(VLSI Technology LLC)拥有的两项专利。上个月，另一个陪审团要求dintel就其他专利向VLSI支付21.8亿美元。

这是VLSI对英特尔提起的三起专利诉讼中的第二起，这些专利直到2019年初还为荷兰芯片制造商NXP Semiconductors所有。美国地区法官阿兰·奥尔布赖特(Alan Albright)也将在6月进行第三次审判。

更多信息请访问:德州陪审团以37亿美元的赔偿给了大型科技公司

在最近的庭审中，超大规模集成电路公司(VLSI)要求英特尔赔偿30亿美元的损失，称这些发明对英特尔加快芯片生产速度和降低能耗的能力至关重要。英特尔的律师称，这是过去收购中专利价值的3000多倍。

英特尔否认使用了任何这些发明，称其工程师花了数十年时间开发用于从笔记本电脑到军用战斗机等一切领域的芯片。它还认为，这些专利甚至在20年前发布时也不包括新想法。

英特尔在一份声明中表示，很高兴陪审团“驳回了超大规模集成电路公司(VLSI)提出的英特尔的尖端处理器侵犯了MP3播放器技术的过期专利的无理指控。”

来源: Bloomberg Law

原文链接:

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/intel-wins-billion-dollar-patent-trial-over-former-nxp-chips

April 21, 2021

On the morning of April 20, 2021, the opening ceremony of China (Shenzhen) Intellectual Property Arbitration Center and the "12 Articles" of Nanshan District Intellectual Property Transformation and Application were held in Innovation Square of Shenzhen Bay.

This event selected the core area of Shenzhen where high-tech enterprises and scientific research institutions are most densely packed and the demand for intellectual property services is most vigorous, and took the lead in setting up an international arbitration branch in Shenzhen Bay Science and Technology Ecological Park, helping Nanshan District to build a "Shenzhen business card" for intellectual property protection.

Nanshan District also released the Action Plan for the Construction of the Pilot Zone for the Transformation and Application of Intellectual Property in Nanshan District (2021-2023) at the event site, proposing to introduce a group of international top service agencies and high-level talents, and explore the establishment of an anti-patent infringement alliance in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

(Source: Jinyang Website)

2021年4月21日星期三

2021年4月20日上午，中国（深圳）知识产权仲裁中心揭牌仪式暨南山区知识产权转化运用“12条”发布仪式在深圳湾创新广场举行。

本次揭牌活动选择深圳高科技企业和科研机构最为密集、知识产权服务需求最为旺盛的核心区域，在深圳湾科技生态园率先落地国际仲裁分支机构，助力南山区打造知识产权保护的“深圳名片”。

南山区还在活动现场发布了《南山区建设知识产权转化运用先行区行动方案（2021-2023）》，提出要引进一批国际化顶尖服务机构和高层次人才，探索建立粤港澳大湾区反侵权专利联盟。

（来源：金羊网）