BEIJING: Two global home appliance giants — one a foreign company — were able to settle more than 20 intellectual property disputes through mediation by a Chinese court.
The settlement through the Intellectual Property Court with the Supreme People’s Court, China’s top court, played a crucial role in solving the conflict and demonstrated Chinese judicial endeavors in protecting IP rights, according to the companies.
Dissatisfied with a lower court ruling, Dyson, a world-renowned manufacturer of household appliances that originated in the United Kingdom, appealed to the SPC last year, claiming that its patent for a vacuum cleaner had been infringed by Dreame, an intelligent technology company in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
The SPC’s IP Court said in a statement that its panel reached a consensus after carrying out sufficient inquiries, investigations and technical comparisons of the patent, which resulted in a final judgment. The collegiate bench, however, did not announce details of the verdict, which entailed over 20 civil and administrative IP lawsuits — not only in China, but also in European countries such as Germany. “Both litigants are well-positioned enterprises, each with a technical research and legal team, and have their own expectations and evaluations for each dispute,” said Ke Xuning, the judge responsible for hearing the case. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
