英国知识产权判例加入WIPO全球数据库;白宫计划推进反垄断立法，以制约科技巨头公司;华为在德国起诉亚马逊侵犯其Wi-Fi专利
编辑制作：China IP 国际部
录音：李秀琴
Overview
一周概览
Focus
1. 100 Most notable UK IP cases added to WIPO global database
英国知识产权判例加入WIPO全球数据库
2. Tech firms face pressure from White House antitrust push
白宫计划推进反垄断立法，以制约科技巨头公司
3. Huawei sued Amazon in Germany for infringing its Wi-Fi patents
华为在德国起诉亚马逊侵犯其Wi-Fi专利
4. SAMR: 14,692 cases of unfair competition have been investigated and dealt with since 2021
市场监管总局：2021年至今共查处不正当竞争案件14692件
IP Practice
5. Lawsuit claims Apple, Amazon colluded to raise iPhone, iPad prices
苹果、亚马逊被指控合谋提高iPhone和iPad的价格
6. Daniel Chew elected as CIPA’s first Asian President
Daniel Chew当选为英国特许专利师协会历史上首位亚裔主席
7. Apple settles with former employee over trade secrets theft
苹果公司与前雇员就侵犯商业秘密案达成和解
8. Dfinity failed to challenge Meta for Trademark
Dfinity挑战Meta商标失败——法官：侵权不至于
Case Analysis
9. Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited v. Shanghai Kingnet Technology Co., Ltd.
《地下城与勇士》网络游戏商标侵权纠纷案
Focus
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100 Most notable UK IP cases added to WIPO global database
英国知识产权判例加入WIPO全球数据库
On November 2, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) announced that the UK has joined the WIPO Lex-Judgments database, opening access to UK courts’ most notable IP judgments to a global audience. It is reported that 100 most notable UK IP cases will be added initially, with provision for the database to be regularly updated. The WIPO database aims to strengthen and inform courts’ decision-making processes in IP cases. It also helps identify where national approaches to common IP questions converge or contrast, making it a powerful tool for research and policy development and a valuable resource for attorneys.
11月2日，英国知识产权局（UKIPO）宣布英国加入WIPO全球知识产权司法判决数据库WIPO Lex-Judgments。数据库将增加100个英国最引人注目的知识产权案件，向全球用户免费开放，并定期更新。WIPO数据库旨在加强法院在审理知识产权案件过程中的决策，并为其提供信息。同时，将有助于对比各国处理常见知识产权问题的方法，使其成为研究和政策制定的有力工具以及律师的宝贵资源。
2
Tech firms face pressure from White House antitrust push
白宫计划推进反垄断立法，以制约科技巨头公司
According to news on Nov 5, the White House is planning a post-midterms push for antitrust legislation that would rein in the power of the world’s largest tech companies, a last-ditch effort to get a stalled pair of bills, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and Open App Markets Act, through Congress before a predicted Republican takeover in January. The bills, which would prevent the tech companies from using their platforms to thwart competitors, would mark the most significant expansion of antitrust law in over a century.
11月5日消息，白宫计划在中期选举后推进反垄断立法，以制约科技巨头公司，争取在共和党1月份取得国会控制权之前，让两份陷入僵局的法案在国会获得通过。两部法案为《美国创新与选择在线法案》与《开放应用市场法案》，旨在防止科技公司利用自己的平台打压竞争对手，将标志着反垄断法在一个多世纪以来的最大扩张。
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Huawei sued Amazon in Germany for infringing its Wi-Fi patents
华为在德国起诉亚马逊侵犯其Wi-Fi专利
On Nov 9, German Media WirtschaftsWoche（WiWo）published an article reporting on recent patent lawsuits filed by Huawei in the German courts. According to the report, Huawei has lodged a series of suits against Amazon in Munich, Dusseldorf and Mannheim courts, claiming that Amazon's Echo speakers and Kindle Smart have infringed its four Wi-Fi patents. The cases may all be part of Huawei's plan to promote its Wi-Fi 6 licensing program, people familiar with the matter said. Since Huawei joined the Sisvel Wi-Fi 6 patent pool as a founding member in this July, it has sued several companies including Netgear, Amazon and Compal Electronics.
11月9日，德国媒体WirtschaftsWoche（WiWo）刊发文章，对华为近期在德国法院发起的专利诉讼进行了报道。报道称， 华为在德国慕尼黑、杜塞尔多夫和曼海姆起诉亚马逊的Echo扬声器和Kindle智能本侵犯了华为的四项Wi-Fi专利。知情人士称，上述案例或都与华为的Wi-Fi 6许可推进计划有关。今年7月，华为作为创始成员加入Sisvel Wi-Fi 6专利池，此后陆续起诉了Netgear、亚马逊、中国台湾仁宝等公司。
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SAMR: 14,692 cases of unfair competition have been investigated and dealt with since 2021
市场监管总局：2021年至今共查处不正当竞争案件14692件
On November 1, the State Council Information Office held a regular policy briefing to introduce the Regulations on Promoting the Development of Individual Industrial and Commercial Households. Pu Chun, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), said that in order to maintain fair competition, the SAMR has deepened anti-unfair competition law enforcement, severely cracking down on illegal internet word-of-mouth marketing and other unfair competition activities. Since 2021, a total of 14,692 cases of unfair competition have been investigated and dealt with, with fines of 929 million yuan.
11月1日，国务院新闻办公室举行国务院政策例行吹风会，介绍《促进个体工商户发展条例》有关情况。市场监管总局副局长蒲淳表示，为维护公平竞争，市场监管总局深入开展反不正当竞争执法，严厉打击“口碑”营销、二选一等不正当竞争行为。2021年至今，共查处各类不正当竞争案件14692件，罚没金额9.29亿元。
IP Practice
5
Apple settles with former employee over trade secrets theft
苹果公司与前雇员就侵犯商业秘密案达成和解
Apple has settled its lawsuit against Simon Lancaster, a former design architect, who the company accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with a journalist. The company filed its suit in March 2021, and the settlement order was approved by a judge this week. Lancaster and the correspondent first made contact in November 2018, according to Apple’s complaint, and the company accused Lancaster of sharing details of unreleased hardware, unannounced feature changes, and future product announcements with the correspondent. Apple also alleged that Lancaster downloaded confidential documents just before leaving the company in November 2019 that would “assist his new employer,”Arris Composites. As part of the settlement, Lancaster will pay an undisclosed sum to Apple and is barred from “disclosing, communicating, transferring, discussing, or using any Confidential Information, in any form, without Apple’s express prior written authorization,” according to the order.
11月4日消息，苹果公司与前设计师Simon Lancaster达成和解。此前，苹果指控Simon Lancaster窃取商业秘密并与记者分享。苹果于2021年3月提起诉讼，和解令于本周获得法官批准。根据苹果的诉状，Simon Lancaster和这位未透露姓名的记者于2018年11月首次联系，兰卡斯特与记者分享了未发布的硬件、未宣布的功能变化和未来产品发布的细节。苹果还声称，兰卡斯特在2019年11月离开公司之前下载了机密文件，这将“帮助他的新雇主”Arris Composites。作为和解的一部分， Lancaster将向苹果支付一笔未披露数目的金额，并将被禁止“在未经苹果事先明确书面授权的情况下，以任何形式披露、交换、转移、讨论或使用任何机密信息”。
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Dfinity failed to challenge Meta for Trademark
Dfinity挑战Meta商标失败——法官：侵权不至于
On Thursday, Switzerland-based Dfinity's Internet Computer failed to challenge Meta in a trademark lawsuit which had accused the company of ripping off its infinity-symbol logo. Dfinity is an "infinite" public blockchain network designed to host smart contracts, owns federal trademarks for two infinity-symbol logos: one for a "rainbow" logo with several colors and another for a logo with its name underneath in no particular color. It sued Meta in May for infringing its trademark claiming that the tech giant's logo was confusingly similar to its own. Judge said Dfinity had not shown it had actually used its uncolored logo in commerce and said its rainbow logo was not that similar. And judge also said that its users of sophisticated people, would be duped by a logo, particularly one that is not similar in key respects, borders on implausible.
周四，总部位于瑞士的Dfinity的互联网计算机未能在一场商标诉讼中挑战Meta成功，该诉讼指控Meta公司剽窃了其无限符号的标志。Dfinity是一个“无限”公共区块链网络，旨在托管智能合同，拥有两个无限符号标志的联邦商标：一个是具有几种颜色的”彩虹”标志，另一个是名称下面没有特定颜色的标志。Dfinity在5月起诉Meta侵犯其商标，声称这家科技巨头的标志与自己的标志相似，容易使用户混淆。法官认为，Dfinity没有表明在商业活动中实际使用了无色标志，彩虹标志与Meta标志也不相似。法官还称，Dfinity的用户都是精明人，被关键地方不相似的商标混淆几乎难以置信。
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Lawsuit claims Apple, Amazon colluded to raise iPhone, iPad prices
苹果、亚马逊被指控合谋提高iPhone和iPad的价格
Apple and Amazon were accused in an antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday of conspiring to drive up iPhone and iPad prices by removing third-party Amazon sellers that offer Apple products at lower prices. According to lawsuit, Apple and Amazon signed an agreement that took effect in January 2019, under which Apple gave Amazon discounts of up to 10% on its products, in exchange for Amazon letting just seven of 600 resellers stay on its platform, which transformed Amazon into the dominant reseller of new iPhones and iPads on its website. The lawsuit seeks triple damages, restitution, and an end to the companies' alleged so-called "group boycott."
根据本周三的一起反垄断诉讼称，苹果和亚马逊合谋，通过淘汰以较低价格提供苹果产品的第三方亚马逊卖家来提高 iPhone和 iPad的价格。诉讼称，苹果和亚马逊签署了一项协议，该协议于2019年1月生效。根据该协议，苹果给予亚马逊高达10%产品的折扣，作为交换，亚马逊将平台上的600家苹果经销商缩减到7家，亚马逊因此成为其网站上新款iphone和ipad的主要经销商。该诉讼要求三倍赔偿，并结束两家公司的“团体抵制”行为。
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Daniel Chew elected as CIPA’s first Asian President
Daniel Chew当选为英国特许专利师协会历史上首位亚裔主席
Daniel Chew, UK and European Patent Attorney, and one of the profession’s top mobile and telecoms experts, has been elected as the first Asian President of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys(CIPA) at the Institute’s 140th Annual General Meeting on 2 November 2022. Daniel’s term of office will begin on 1 January 2023, succeeding current CIPA President Alasdair Poore. According to news released on the official website of CIPA, Daniel’s top priority as President will be to promote UK Patent Attorneys’ rights of representation at the Unified Patent Court, which is scheduled for launch on 1 April next year.
Daniel Chew 周冠冲博士，英国、欧洲专利律师及业内顶尖移动电信专家，当选为英国特许专利代理师协会（CIPA）的首位亚裔主席。Daniel于2022年11月2日在该协会的第140届年度理事大会上当选，接替现任CIPA主席 Alasdair Poore。其任期将于2023年1月1日开始。根据在CIPA的官方网站上发布的消息，Daniel 上任后的首要任务是促进英国专利律师在统一专利法院的代表权，该法院定于2023年4月1日启动。
Case Analysis
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Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited v. Shanghai Kingnet Technology Co., Ltd. et al.
《地下城与勇士》网络游戏商标侵权纠纷案
In cases related to online intellectual property infringement, the assumption of infringement by the online service provider shall be based on the existence of its fault in the infringement act. To decide whether such fault exists, we should fully consider the possibility that the online service provider has known the occurrence of the infringement act, and the characteristics of its provision of specific services, and judge whether the online service provider has fulfilled its duty of care. If the online service provider has fulfilled its duty of care, we should confirm that the platform is not liable for the infringement according to law.
涉网络知识产权侵权案件中，网络服务提供者承担侵权责任应当基于其对侵权行为的发生存在过错。是否具有过错，应当充分考虑网络服务提供者对侵权行为发生的认知可能性，以及其提供具体服务的特点，对网络服务提供者是否已经尽到注意义务进行判断。网络服务提供者已经尽到审查义务的，应依法确定平台不承担侵权责任。
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