Another good article on the litigation between Schneider Electric and Chint from IAM Magazine. Based on a report by Evalueserve.
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They (Chinese companies) are quickly learning to use patents and non-examined, 10-year supplementary rights - such as design and utility patents - to their commercial benefit.
Our question: What are “non-examined” 10-year supplementary rights?
Among the lessons […]
Chint Group’s solar power subsidiary, Chint Solar, said it raised $50 million in its first round of funding, which was led by Hangzhou, China-based Cybernaut and Shanghai Alliance Investment.
The announcement comes after an April 15 ruling that Chint Group was to receive RMB 335 million ($49 million) by the end of the month from Tianjin-based […]
… Rarely in China, do awards in patent cases exceed RMB10 million. Generally, compensation ranges in the hundreds of thousands RMB or less….
1 000 000 Chinese yuan = 146 574 U.S. dollars
In the Provisions Regarding Law Application in Cases concerning Patent Disputes from the Supreme People’s Court it provides that a maximum of RMB 500,000 […]
Intellectual property protection is improving in China. A good news for anyone doing technology transfer/licensing to Chinese companies.
The article has also a practical use for our company: what were the law firms involved in the case described in the articles? We may want to hire them.
Apr 23rd 2009
From The Economist print edition
Chinese companies are enforcing […]
April 20, 2009
At 200 kg, the “super boule” represents the next generation of sapphire growth technology and sapphire products.
Rubicon Technology Inc., a provider of sapphire substrates for LED uses technology based on the Kyropoulos growth method.