Another good article on the litigation between Schneider Electric and Chint from IAM Magazine. Based on a report by Evalueserve. . . 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 [...]
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 [...]
… 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 [...]
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 [...]
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.