美科学家试图说服上诉法院接受人工智能作为专利发明人；诺基亚在芬兰、瑞典起诉OPPO；ECTA将召开第40届年会

编辑制作：China IP 国际部

录音：孙逸涵

Overview

一周概览

Focus

1. DPMA Annual Report 2021: China has become the NO.1 in digital technologies’ innovation

德国专利局发布2021年度报告——中国成为数字技术领域最大创新国

2. Current chief executive Tim Moss is to depart UK IPO

英知识产权局现首席执行官Tim Moss即将离任

3. U.S. appeals court was told that AI can be a patent inventor

美科学家试图说服上诉法院接受人工智能作为专利发明人

4. Huawei “Broadening the Innovation Landscape 2022” forum successfully held and Top Ten New Inventions Awards released

华为2022知识产权论坛召开 公布“十大发明”评选成果

5. Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program announced by USPTO

美专利商标局发布气候变化减缓试点计划

IP Practice

6. StockX responded to Nike's counterfeit claim

运动鞋转售平台StockX回应耐克对其做出的售假指控

7. Nokia filed a lawsuit against Chinese OPPO in Finland and Sweden

诺基亚在芬兰、瑞典起诉中国智能手机公司OPPO

8.  TCL was again hit with 337 investigation

TCL再次遭遇337调查

9. A patent firm in Zhejiang was fined 2.49 mln for malpractice

浙江一专利事务所因失当业务行为被开249万元罚单

Activity Forecast

10. ECTA Annual Conference will be held from June 15 to June 18

ECTA将于6月15日至18日召开第40届年会

Case Analysis

11. 典型案例——擅用“抖音”不正当竞争行为行政处罚纠纷案

Focus

1

DPMA Annual Report 2021: China has become the NO.1 in digital technologies' innovation

德国专利局发布2021年度报告——中国成为数字技术领域最大创新国

On June 2, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) published its latest report, stating that China has significantly expanded its leading position in digital technology in the German market and has surpassed the United States to take first place in the field of digital communication technology patents. According to the report, the number of Chinese patents related to digitalization registered in Germany in 2021 has increased significantly compared to last year. In the field of digital communication technologies, especially those related to 5G mobile communication standard, China already has 4,308 applications, up 6.8 percent year-on-year, surpassing the United States (with 4,115 patents).

6月2日，德国专利和商标局（DPMA）发布最新报告称，中国在德国市场的数字技术领先优势明显扩大，在数字通信技术专利领域已经超过美国，位居第一。根据该报告，2021年在德国注册的与数字化相关的中国专利数量较去年大幅增加。在数字通信技术领域，特别是与5G移动通信标准相关的专利，中国已经有4308项专利申请，同比增长6.8%，超过了美国（在该领域拥有4115项专利）。

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Current chief executive Tim Moss is to de-

part UK IPO

英知识产权局现首席执行官Tim Moss即将离任

On June 1, the Welsh Government's permanent secretary has announced that Tim Moss,  the current chief executive of UK IPO, has been appointed to the new role of chief operating officer, which means Moss is to depart UK IPO and its role in September. Moss took up post as Chief Executive Officer and Comptroller General of the UK's Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) on May 1, 2017. As CEO of the IPO, Tim is responsible for advising Ministers on all IP policy matters and for the operation of the Office, which grants some 5,509 patents 54,761 trademarks each year. Tim’s successor hasn’t been decided yet.

6月1日，威尔士政府常务秘书宣布，英国知识产权局现任首席执行官蒂姆-莫斯被任命为新的首席运营官，这意味着莫斯将于9月卸任英国知识产权局首席执行官一职。蒂姆-莫斯于2017年5月1日就任英国知识产权局的首席执行官和主计长。作为知识产权局的首席执行官，蒂姆-莫斯负责就所有知识产权政策、事项向部长们提出建议，并负责该局的运作，该局每年授予约5509项专利和54761个商标。蒂姆的继任者尚未确定。

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U.S. appeals court was told that AI can be a patent inventor

美科学家试图说服上诉法院接受人工智能作为专利发明人

DUBUS人工智能发明创造和创意机器运行机制的对比

Stephen Thaler, a computer scientist on June 6 tried to persuade a U.S. appeals court that his artificial intelligence system DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Science), should be credited for two inventions it generated, in a novel dispute on the proper role of AI in patent law. However, a three-judge panel seemed skeptical,  of the argument that entities other than human beings can be considered inventors. Thaler has been engaged in a worldwide effort to win DABUS patents, the applications of which have been rejected by the United Kingdom, the European Union and Australia, though South Africa's patent office has awarded a DABUS patent.

6月6日，计算机科学家Stephen Thaler试图说服美国上诉法院，他的人工智能系统DABUS应被授予由其产生的两项发明专利，这是关于人工智能在专利法中的适当作用的一个新的争议。然而，一个由三名法官组成的小组似乎对人类以外的其他个体可被视为发明者的说法持怀疑态度。Thaler一直在全球范围内努力争取DABUS专利，只有南非的专利局授予了DABUS专利，英国、欧盟和澳大利亚均拒绝了其专利申请。

4

Huawei "Broadening the Innovation Landscape 2022" forum successfully held and Top Ten New Inventions Awards released

华为2022知识产权论坛召开 公布“十大发明”评选成果

On June 8, Huawei announced a batch of key inventions as part of its biennial "Top Ten Inventions" Awards at the "Broadening the Innovation Landscape 2022" forum held at its Shenzhen headquarters. The award is designed to recognize inventions that could create new series of products, become important commercial features of existing products, or that generate considerable value for the company and the industry. The announcement came in the context of intellectual property rights, the protection and sharing of which Huawei believes is critical to the tech ecosystem.

6月8日，华为在深圳召开了“开拓创新视野：2022创新和知识产权论坛”，并公布了在其两年一度的“十大发明”评选活动中获奖的重大发明。该奖项旨在肯定和奖励有潜力开创新的产品系列、成为产品重要商业特性，并为公司和行业带来巨大商业价值的发明或专利技术。华为认为，在重视知识产权的大背景下，知识产权的保护和共享对科技生态系统至关重要。

5

USPTO announced the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program

美专利商标局发布气候变化减缓试点计划

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program, which has been announced by the Director of the USPTO Kathi Vidal during her remarks at the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy summit in Colorado last week. Under this pilot program, qualifying nonprovisional utility patent applications involving technologies that mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be advanced out of turn for examination until a first action on the merits. Applicants are not required to satisfy the current requirements of the accelerated examination program or the prioritized examination program.

美国专利商标局（USPTO）在联邦公报上发布通知，宣布开展气候变化减缓试点计划，该计划在美国专利商标局局长Kathi Vidal上周于科罗拉多州高级研究计划局-能源峰会上发表讲话时已经宣布过了。根据这项试点计划，涉及通过减少温室气体排放以减缓气候变化的技术，申请非临时实用新型专利可根据特殊状态提前审查。申请人不需要满足加速审查计划或优先审查计划的现有要求。

IP Practice

6

StockX responded to Nike’s counterfeit claim

运动鞋转售平台StockX回应耐克对其做出的售假指控

As Nike and the famous sneaker resale platform StockX's court battle over NFTs and product authentication drags on, StockX has filed an official legal response on June 6 to Nike's claim that they sell inauthentic products. Submitted to the Southern District court of New York, the response rebuffs Nike's claims that they have purchased inauthentic shoes through StockX – and even states that the Nike wanted to collaborate with StockX on their authentication process in the past. On May 13, 2022, Nike started a legal war against StockX, claiming to have purchased four pairs of fake shoes through the platform, one of which was the classic Air Jordan 1 High OG.

随着耐克和著名的运动鞋转售平台StockX在NFTs和产品认证方面诉讼风波的持续发酵，6月6日，StockX提交了一份正式的法律文件以对耐克对其销售假冒产品的指控作出回应。这份提交给纽约南区法院的回应反驳了耐克“通过StockX购买到了几双非正品鞋”的说法--甚至表示耐克过去曾想与StockX在正品认证、打假过程中合作。2022年5月13日，耐克公司对StockX提起了法律诉讼，称通过该平台购买了四双假鞋，其中一双是经典的Air Jordan 1 High OG。

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Nokia filed a lawsuit against Chinese OPPO in Finland and Sweden

诺基亚在芬兰、瑞典起诉中国智能手机公司OPPO

According to intellectual property media Foss Patent, the litigation battle between Finnish telecom giant Nokia and Chinese smartphone company OPPO is escalating. On May 9, Nokia filed infringement lawsuits against OPPO in two European countries: Finland and Sweden. The litigation battle between the two companies began last year when a patent licensing agreement between the two parties signed in 2018 expired. By far, Nokia has filed complaints against OPPO in 10 countries accumulatively, including six European and four Asian countries. The two disputed patents are both 3G and 4G standard essential patents (SEP).

根据知产媒体Foss Patents的报道，芬兰电信巨头诺基亚与中国智能手机公司OPPO的诉讼大战正在升级。5月9日，诺基亚在两个欧洲国家向OPPO提起了侵权诉讼：芬兰和瑞典。这两个公司的诉讼大战始于去年，当时双方2018年签订的专利授权使用协议到期了，现在诺基亚的起诉地点已累计达到10个国家，包括六个欧洲国家和四个亚洲国家。此次涉案的两个专利都是3G和4G标准必要专利（SEP）。

8

TCL was again hit with 337 investigation

TCL再次遭遇337调查

On June 1, The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain graphics systems, components thereof, and digital televisions containing the same, which was based on a complaint filed by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. of Santa Clara, CA and ATI Technologies ULC of Markham, Ontario, Canada on May 5, 2022, alleging violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of above-described products. China's company TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd. and its several subsidiaries were listed as respondents.

6月1日，美国国际贸易委员会（USITC）投票决定对某些图形系统、其部件和含有这些部件的数字电视进行调查。这项调查是基于加州圣克拉拉的Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.和加拿大安大略省万锦市的ATI Technologies ULC于2022年5月5日提出的申诉而开展的，这两家公司指控上述产品在进口到美国和销售时违反了《1930年关税法》第337条。中国公司TCL工业控股有限公司及其几个子公司被列为被告。

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A patent firm in Zhejiang fined 2.49 mln for malpractice 

浙江一专利事务所因失当业务行为被开249万元罚单

On June 8, 2022, China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced a record 2.49 million RMB fine against a Zhejiang-based patent firm for practicing patent law without a license and filing irregular patent applications by its local branch in Zhejiang. The fine is part of the "Blue Sky" campaign to crack down on problems in the patent industry. The previously reported highest fine was 1.04 million RMB. The "Blue Sky" campaign was released by CNIPA on January 27, 2022, aiming to crack down on illegal IP agency behavior in China such as abnormal patent applications and malicious trademark applications.

2022年6月8日，中国国家知识产权局（CNIPA）公布了浙江知识产权局对一家浙江的专利事务所开出了史无前例的249万元人民币的罚单，原因是该事务所无证从事专利法业务，并违规提交专利申请。该罚款是打击专利行业问题的 “蓝天计划”的一部分。之前报道的最高罚款是104万元人民币。“蓝天”行动是由CNIPA于2022年1月27日发布的，旨在打击中国的非法知识产权代理行为，如非正常专利申请和恶意商标申请。

Activity Forecast

10

ECTA 40th Annual Conference will be held from June 15 to June 18

ECTA将于6月15日至18日召开第40届年会

ECTA 40th Annual Conference 'Designing the Future' will be held from June 15 to 18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Two online workshops have already successfully concluded on June 8 as the kick-off of the Conference package, which will continue on June 15 with Committee meetings (by invitation only) and June 16-17 with Conference sessions. According to the forecasts released through ECTA official platforms, the ECTA Annual Conference is comprehended with the functions of education, networking, entertainment. As its media partner, China IP magazine will continuously keep with the latest update of the conference.

ECTA第40届年会 “设计未来”将于6月15日至18日在丹麦的哥本哈根举行。6月8日，作为年会的预热，两场在线研讨会已成功举办，而线下会议将于6月15日至17日继续举行（15日为仅限邀请的委员会会议）。根据ECTA官方平台发布的预告，ECTA年会具有教育、交流、娱乐的功能。《中国知识产权》杂志作为其媒体合作伙伴，将持续关注会议的最新动态。

Case Analysis

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The verdict of this case clarified that, by registering a company name with the name "Tik Tok", which was the registered trademark and mobile app name of another entity, and by operating in the business of "Tik Tok" app account and content under the relevant trademarks and logos, had led to confusion and constituted unfair competition. It also made clear that if an application for business name registration was for the implementation of unfair competition, it would not be applicable to the principle of administrative trust protection due to its impropriety. The verdict of this case is helpful in guiding operators to operate legally in the new market environment and jointly create a fair and orderly market economic order, playing a good social effect of optimizing the business environment.

本案判决明确了以他人注册商标以及运营手机App名称“抖音”作为字号登记，又以相关商标标识从事经营“抖音”App账号及内容业务引人混淆的，构成不正当竞争；同时也明确了申请企业名称登记用于实施不正当竞争行为，因具有不当性而不适用行政信赖保护原则。本案判决有利于指引经营者在新型市场环境下合法经营，共同营造公平、有序的市场经济秩序，起到了优化营商环境的良好社会效果。

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