美国国际贸易委员会主席变更；欧洲发明家奖获奖名单公布；辉瑞新冠特效药被诉专利侵权
编辑制作：China IP 国际部
录音：孙逸涵
Overview
一周概览
Focus
1. David S. Johanson becomes chair of U.S. International Trade Commision (USITC)
Divid S. Johanson担任美国国际贸易委员会主席
2. U.S. Senators introduce bill to revamp patent review board
美国参议员提出修改专利审查委员会的法案
3. WIPO released 2022 WIPO Global Awards Finalists
世界知识产权组织发布首届全球奖入围名单
4. EPO joins the TTO Circle with observer status
EPO以观察员身份加入TTO
5. The winners of European Inventor Award announced
欧洲发明家奖获奖名单公布
IP Practice
6. Dupont sues over flame-barrier technology against a French manufacturing company
杜邦就航空防火技术起诉一法国制造公司
7. Pfizer’s blockbuster COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid was accused of patent infringement
辉瑞新冠特效药Paxlovid被诉专利侵权
8. Ohio State University successfully trademarked the word “THE”
俄亥俄州立大学成功就单词“THE”注册商标
9. Jury awards royalties $30,000 per megawatt after verdict in GE vs SGRE court battle
陪审团判赔每兆瓦30,000美元授权费：通用电气侵犯西门子海上风机专利
10. Peppa Pig wins Russia IP ruling on appeal
俄罗斯上诉法院改判：继续保护美国《小猪佩奇》知识产权
Case Analysis
11. 典型案例——华为与康文森无线通信标准必要专利“禁诉令”案
Focus
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David S. Johanson becomes chair of U.S. International Trade Commision (USITC)
David S. Johanson担任美国国际贸易委员会主席
As it was officially announced by USITC on its official website on June 17, that David S. Johanson became Chair of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). He succeeded outgoing Chair Jason E. Kearns, whose term as Chair expired on June 16, 2022. Johanson, the senior Republican on the Commission, became Chair by operation of law in the absence of a Presidential designation. Nominated to the USITC by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Johanson was sworn in as a member of the Commission on December 8, 2011.
6月17日，美国国际贸易委员会在其官方网站上正式宣布，大卫-S-约翰逊成为美国国际贸易委员会（USITC）的主席。他接替即将离任的主席杰森-E-卡恩斯（Jason E. Kearns），后者的主席任期将于2022年6月16日结束。约翰森是委员会中资深的共和党人，在没有总统指定的情况下依法成为主席。2011年，约翰森被奥巴马总统提名为美国国际贸易委员会成员，并得到美国参议院的确认，并于2011年12月8日正式宣誓成加入委员会成为成员之一。
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U.S. Senators introduce bill to revamp patent review board
美国参议员提出修改专利审查委员会的法案
On June 16, the two ranking members of the U.S. Senate's subcommittee on intellectual property introduced a bipartisan bill that would make wide ranging reforms to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal that hears challenges to patent validity. The proposed bill from Senator Patrick Leahy and Senator Thom Tillis would modify an internal rule limiting the number of patents the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviews, ban serial petitions by patent challengers and cover expenses for some patent owners defending their intellectual property.
6月16日，美国参议院知识产权小组委员会的两位首席委员提出了一项两党合议的法案，将对审理专利有效性质疑的美国专利和商标局法庭进行广泛的改革。参议员Patrick Leahy和参议员Thom Tillis提出的法案将修改限制专利审判和上诉委员会审查的专利数量的内部规则，禁止专利挑战者的连续申请，并为一些专利所有人支付其捍卫知识产权的费用。
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WIPO released 2022 WIPO Global Awards Finalists
世界知识产权组织发布首届全球奖入围名单
On June 15, WIPO announced 2022 WIPO Global Awards Finalists, among which twenty innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from around the world are listed for the first-ever WIPO Global Awards. The finalists were chosen from among 272 submissions from 62 countries for the prize, which celebrates commercial solutions based on intellectual property (IP) rights to impact economic, social and cultural progress both home and beyond country borders, with the first edition focused on smaller companies. The winners will be unveiled on July 19, 2022, during an awards ceremony held at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
6月15日，WIPO宣布了2022年首届WIPO全球奖入围名单，其中有20家来自世界各地的创新型中小企业被列入该名单。入围名单中的企业是从62个国家提交的272份材料中选出的，该奖项旨在表彰对国内外经济、社会和文化进步产生的影响，基于知识产权(IP)的商业解决方案，首届奖项主要关注小型公司。获奖者名单将于2022年7月19日在瑞士日内瓦WIPO总部举行的颁奖仪式上揭晓。
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EPO joins the TTO Circle with observer status
EPO以观察员身份加入TTO
According to EPO’s official website, the EPO has become an observer organisation in the European Technology Transfer Offices Circle (TTO Circle), a network co-ordinated by the European Commission and its Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (DG JRC). This offers the PATLIB (patent information centres) network an opportunity to gain greater insight into the latest developments in technology transfer and align the promotion of related EPO and PATLIB activities accordingly. The new role will also help strengthen the EPO's commitment to patent valorisation and its co-operation with the European Commission.
根据EPO官方网站的信息显示，EPO已以观察员身份加入技术转移办公室网络(TTO Circle)，这个组织是由欧盟委员会及其联合研究中心总司（DG JRC）协调运作的。此次成为观察员，为专利信息中心(PATLIB)网络提供了一个机会，使之能够更深入地了解技术转让的最新发展，并对EPO和专利信息中心(PATLIB)的相关活动的推广进行相应的调整。这个新身份也将有助于加强EPO对专利价值化的承诺、加深其与欧盟委员会的合作。
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The winners of European Inventor Award announced
欧洲发明家奖获奖名单公布
On June 21, The European Patent Office (EPO) announced the winners of the European Inventor Award. Viewers worldwide joined the event via livestream and celebrated as inventors and teams from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, France, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US received trophies, all of whom were chosen by an independent jury comprising of leading experts in their fields. This was also the first time that young inventors were celebrated, with the inaugural Young Inventors prize, besides which the 2022 European Inventors' Awards include Industry, Research, Non-EPO countries, SMEs, Lifetime achievement, Popular Prize.
6月21日，欧洲专利局（EPO）宣布了欧洲发明家奖的获奖者。全世界的观众通过现场直播参加了这次活动，并庆祝来自比利时、巴西、加拿大、爱沙尼亚、法国、匈牙利、西班牙、瑞士、英国和美国的发明家和团队获得奖杯，他们都是由各自领域的顶尖专家组成的独立评审团选出的。本次评选也首次设立了青年发明家奖，除此之外，2022年欧洲发明家奖还包括工业奖、研究奖、非EPO国家奖、中小企业奖、终身成就奖、最受欢迎发明奖。
IP Practice
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Dupont sues over flame-barrier technology against a French manufacturing company
杜邦就航空防火技术起诉一法国制造公司
A unit of chemical giant DuPont de Nemours sued a French manufacturing company Hutchinson SA for patent infringement in Delaware federal court over fire-prevention materials used in Airbus planes. According to the lawsuit filed on June 16, Hutchinson SA's material barrier to prevent fires from penetrating a plane's fuselage violates DuPont patents on its Nomex XF flame-resistant material. Airbus was not named as a defendant. DuPont asked the court to block Hutchinson's alleged infringement and requested an unspecified amount of damages.
化工巨头杜邦公司的一个部门在特拉华州联邦法院起诉一家法国制造公司Hutchinson SA用于空客飞机上的防火材料涉嫌专利侵权。根据6月16日提起的诉讼，Hutchinson SA公司用于防止火灾穿透飞机机身的材料屏障侵犯了杜邦公司的Nomex XF阻燃材料专利。空中客车公司未被列为被告。杜邦公司要求法院阻止Hutchinson公司的所谓侵权行为，并要求Hutchinson赔偿，金额尚不确定。
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Pfizer’s blockbuster COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid was accused of patent infringement
辉瑞新冠特效药Paxlovid被诉专利侵权
On June 21, Pfizer Inc was sued and was alleged that its blockbuster COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid violates an Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc patent for its COVID drug still in development. Enanta alleged to have received the patent for its antiviral medication last week based on applications dating from July 2020 and the human testing for its once-daily had already begun, based on which Enanta requested an unspecified amount of money damages from Pfizer, including royalties. Paxlovid is an oral antiviral pill for high-risk patients that is intended to stave off serious complications from COVID-19. Pfizer said last month it expects to make $22 billion from Paxlovid sales this year.
6月21日，辉瑞公司被起诉，被指其COVID-19特效药Paxlovid侵犯了Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc的一项仍在开发中的COVID药物专利。Enanta公司称，根据2020年7月的申请，其抗病毒药物的专利已于上周获得，而且其每日一次的人体临床测试已经开始，基于此，Enanta公司要求辉瑞公司支付损失赔偿，但数额尚未确定，包括使用专利的专利费。Paxlovid是一种用于高风险患者的口服抗病毒药，旨在避免COVID-19的严重并发症。辉瑞公司上个月称预计今年将从Paxlovid的销售中获得220亿美元。
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Ohio State University successfully trademarked the word “THE”
俄亥俄州立大学成功就单词“THE”注册商标
On June 22, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Ohio State University the exclusive right to use the brand "THE" for clothing, namely, t-shirts, baseball caps and hats; all of the foregoing being promoted, distributed, and sold through channels customary to the field of sports and collegiate athletics. The patent office's approval came three years after it initially denied Ohio State’s attempt to trademark use of the word, saying it was merely ornamental. It took years, but Ohio State University has finally prevailed upon the U.S. government to let it trademark the most common word in the English language.
6月22日，美国专利商标局（USPTO）授予俄亥俄州立大学在服装，即T恤衫、棒球帽和帽子上使用“THE”品牌的独家权利；所有上述产品在体育、大学体育类目下进行推广、分销和销售。此次专利局的批准，距俄亥俄州立大学一开始欲就此单词申请商标而遭专利局拒绝已有三年。当时，专利局认为“THE”只是一个修饰词，故拒绝了俄亥俄州立大学的申请。花了多年时间，俄亥俄州立大学终于说服了美国政府，让它为这个英语中最常见的词注册商标。
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Jury awards royalties $30,000 per megawatt after verdict in GE vs SGRE court battle
陪审团判赔授权费每兆瓦30,000美元：通用电气侵犯西门子海上风机专利
On June 17, a jury in a U.S. District Court ruled that General Electric Co. (GE) infringed on a patent of German company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. (SGRE) and ruled that another Gamesa patent in question was invalid. Both patents relate to offshore wind turbines (also known as wind turbines). Gamesa was awarded damages from GE by the jury, which will be calculated on the basis of royalties from the patents, or $30,000 per megawatt. A trial will be held on July 21 to determine the final amount of damages.
6月17日，美国某地区法院的一陪审团判定，美国通用电气公司（General Electric Co.）侵犯了德国公司西门子歌美飒（Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A.）的一个专利，并判定另一个歌美飒公司的涉案专利是无效的。这两个专利都涉及海上的风力发电机（又称风电涡轮机）。该陪审团判定通用电气需赔偿歌美飒，该赔偿金额将按照专利的授权使用费来计算，即每兆瓦30,000美元。业内人士认为这是一个史无前例的授权费率。7月21日将举行一次庭审来确定最终的赔偿金额。
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Peppa Pig wins Russia IP ruling on appeal
俄罗斯上诉法院改判：继续保护美国《小猪佩奇》知识产权
On June 21, Russia's Second Appeal Commercial Court overturned a ruling by the Kirov Commercial Court, finding a Russian businessman liable for damages for infringing the copyright and trademark of entertainment content company Entertainment One Ltd. and its animated cartoon Peppa Pig. However, the amount of compensation is less than 3300 yuan, which was requested by the company. The court previously held two hearings on the case and dismissed the lawsuit on March 3 on the grounds that the plaintiff was from a country that sanctions Russia, so it could not accuse the Russian defendant of infringing IP rights even without any abuse of rights itself.
6月21日，俄罗斯第二上诉商业法院推翻了基洛夫商业法院的裁决，判定一位俄罗斯商人侵犯了娱乐内容公司Entertainment One Ltd.的与其动画片《小猪佩奇》（Peppa Pig）相关的版权和商标，所以需赔偿该公司。但赔偿金额少于该公司要求的3,300元人民币（约40,000卢布）。此前，该法院就此案进行了两次庭审，并于今年3月3日驳回了该诉讼，理由是原告来自一个制裁俄罗斯的国家，所以原告本身即便没有任何滥用权利的行为，也不能指控俄罗斯被告侵犯知识产权。
Case Analysis
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Regarding the application for behavior preservation measures prohibiting application for enforcement of the judgment of an extraterritorial court, the people’s court shall consider the impact of the respondent’s application for enforcement of the judgments of an extraterritorial court on the litigation in China, and make a comprehensive judgment on multiple factors such as whether it is necessary to adopt behavior preservation measures, whether the damage to the applicant caused by the failure to adopt behavior preservation measures exceeds that to the respondent caused by the adoption of such measures, whether public interest is compromised due to the adoption of behavior preservation measures and whether the adoption of behavior preservation measures complies with the principle of international comity.
对于禁止申请执行域外法院判决的行为保全申请，人民法院应当考虑被申请人申请执行域外法院判决对中国诉讼的影响，采取行为保全措施是否确属必要，不采取行为保全措施对申请人造成的损害是否超过采取行为保全措施对被申请人造成的损害，采取行为保全措施是否损害公共利益，以及采取行为保全措施是否符合国际礼让原则等因素进行综合判断。
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