从2022年12月30日起，加拿大版权保护期限将延长20年；西门子歌美飒在与通用电气的英国专利纠纷中败诉

编辑制作：China IP 国际部

录音：蒋琳娟

Overview

一周概览

Focus

1. EU is presenting revised rules on industrial design to the European Parliament and the Council

欧盟将向欧洲议会和理事会提交关于工业外观的修订规则

2. 20 More Years of Copyright Protection in Canada Starting December 30, 2022

从2022年12月30日起，加拿大版权保护期限将延长20年

3. NetEase Wins 50 Million RMB in Minecraft Infringement Litigation

网易在《我的世界》游戏侵权诉讼中获赔5000万

4. Canadian regulators to review sale of HSBC's Canada business

加拿大监管机构将审查汇丰银行在加拿大的业务出售交易

IP Practice

5. Siemens Gamesa loses UK patent dispute over GE wind turbines

西门子歌美飒在与通用电气的英国专利纠纷中败诉

6. Meta loses bid to dismiss Swedish music label's copyright lawsuit

Meta未能驳回瑞典唱片公司提起的版权诉讼

7. J&J sues Amgen over plan to sell drug similar to blockbuster Stelara

强生起诉安进计划出售类似其畅销产品Stelara的药物

惠普子公司Poly在与Koss的无线耳机专利纠纷中胜诉

8. Google Hit With Patent Suit Over Android Phones

谷歌安卓手机被诉侵犯信息发送专利

Case Analysis

9. Paula's Choice, LLC v. Chongqing Kaimenhong Trading Co., Ltd.

美国“宝拉珍选”确认不侵害商标权纠纷案

Focus

1

EU is presenting revised rules on industrial design to the European Parliament and the Council

欧盟将向欧洲议会和理事会提交关于工业外观的修订规则

According to news on Nov 29, the European Commission is presenting revised rules on industrial design to the European Parliament and the Council, aiming to make it cheaper, quicker and more predictable to protect industrial designs across the EU. “The revised rules will help to further improve the conditions for businesses to innovate. At the same time, the rules also introduce a more balanced approach to design protection. This ensures that designs can be reproduced for spare parts, allowing consumers more choice in repairing complex products such as cars in particular,” said the EU.

11月29消息，欧盟委员会将在向欧洲议会和理事会关于工业外观的修订规则，以使整个欧盟的工业外观保护更便宜、快速、可预测。欧盟称，修订后的工业外观保护规则将有助于进一步改善企业的创新环境。同时，这些规则也引入了更为平衡的工业外观保护方法，将确保备用零部件的工业外观设计可以被复制，使消费者在修理特别是汽车等复杂产品时有更多的选择。

2

20 More Years of Copyright Protection in Canada Starting December 30, 2022

从2022年12月30日起，加拿大版权保护期限将延长20年

According to a recently published Order from the official website of the government of Canada , the extension of general copyright protections from 50 years to 70 years after the life of the author shall come into force on December 30, 2022. The Extension arose in the context of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which Canada signed onto in 2018, and better aligns Canada’s copyright protection term with Mexico, the United States of America, and several European countries. However, the Extension will not apply retroactively to works whose copyright protections have already expired on or before December 30, 2022; these works will remain a part of the public domain.

根据加拿大政府官方网站最近发布的一项命令，加拿大将一般版权保护时间从作者去世后50年延长至70年的规定将于2022年12月30日生效。该延期是在加拿大于2018年签署的《美墨加协议》的背景下产生的，将更好地使加拿大的版权保护期限与墨西哥、美国和几个欧洲国家保持一致。但该延期将不适用于那些版权保护已在2022年12月30日或之前到期的作品——这些作品仍将是公共领域的一部分。

3

NetEase Wins 50 Million RMB in Minecraft Infringement Litigation

网易在《我的世界》游戏侵权诉讼中获赔5000万

On November 30, the Guangdong Higher People’s Court awarded NetEase 50 million RMB (over $7 million USD), the highest damages award in China for game infringement, and an injunction in an unfair competition case against Shenzhen Mini Play Company (深圳迷你玩公司) involving Minecraft and Mini Play’s similar sandbox game Mini World (迷你世界). NetEase has the exclusive right to operate Minecraft in China since 2016. In 2019, NetEase filed a lawsuit against Mini Play, claiming that Mini World copied several core basic elements of Minecraft, constituting copyright infringement and unfair competition.

11月30日，广东省高级人民法院宣布，《网易》在一起不正当竞争纠纷中获赔5000万元（约700多万美元）。据悉，这是中国游戏侵权纠纷案件最高判赔数额。法院同时对被告深圳迷你玩公司下达了禁令。自2016年起，网易拥有《我的世界》的独家运营权。2019年，网易对迷你玩公司提起诉讼，指控《迷你世界》多个游戏核心基本元素抄袭《我的世界》，构成著作权侵权及不正当竞争。

4

Canadian regulators to review sale of HSBC's Canada business

加拿大监管机构将审查汇丰银行在加拿大的业务出售交易

Canadian regulators will review the sale of HSBC's business in Canada to Royal Bank of Canada for C$13.5 billion ($10 billion) in cash, the Canadian government's finance ministry said on Tuesday. "The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions will administer the application process and provide a recommendation to the Minister of Finance. The Competition Bureau, under the Competition Act, will also review the transaction," the finance ministry said in a statement. "Should we determine that the proposed transaction is likely to harm competition, we will take appropriate action," said Canada's Competition Bureau. The finance ministry said that in assessing such a deal, it takes into account the transaction's impact on competition, on the stability and integrity of the financial sector, and on public confidence in it.

加拿大政府财政部周二表示，加拿大监管机构将审查以135亿加元（约合100亿美元）将汇丰银行在加拿大的业务出售给加拿大皇家银行的交易。财政部在一份声明中称，“金融机构主管办公室将管理申请程序，并向财政部长提供建议。竞争局也将根据竞争法审查该交易”。竞争局称，“如果确定拟议的交易可能会损害竞争，我们将采取适当的行动”。财政部表示，在评估此类交易时，会考虑到该交易对竞争、金融业稳定和完整性的影响，以及公众对该交易的信心。

IP Practice

5

Siemens Gamesa loses UK patent dispute over GE wind turbines

西门子歌美飒在与通用电气的英国专利纠纷中败诉

General Electric Co has fended off a patent lawsuit over its Haliade-X turbines brought by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in a London court. A judge of London's High Court on Wednesday said Siemens, which had sued GE claiming that the Haliade-X infringed its European patent related to its wind turbines, did not have a valid patent. And even if the patent were valid, The judge said that “neither the fully assembled Haliade-X nor its hub” fell within the scope of Siemens’ patent. The case marks the latest round of a legal battle between the two major producers of wind turbines. The High Court’s ruling comes after a Boston federal judge in September barred General Electric Co from making and selling its Haliade-X wind turbines in the U.S.

通用电气公司成功驳回了由西门子歌美飒可再生能源公司在伦敦一家法院提起的关于其Haliade-X涡轮机的专利诉讼。伦敦高等法院的一名法官周三表示，西门子没有有效的专利。此前，西门子起诉通用电气，声称Haliade-X侵犯了涉及其风力涡轮机的欧洲专利。法官称，即使该专利是有效的，“完整组装的Haliade-X及其轮毂”都不落入西门子的专利保护范围。这起案件标志着两家主要风力涡轮机生产商之间的最新一轮法律纠纷。今年9月，波士顿一名联邦法官禁止通用电气公司在美国生产和销售Haliade-X风力涡轮机。

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6

Meta loses bid to dismiss Swedish music label's copyright lawsuit

Meta未能驳回瑞典唱片公司提起的版权诉讼

A San Francisco federal judge on Monday denied a request by Meta Platforms Inc to throw out a lawsuit filed by Swedish music label Epidemic Sound AB that claims Meta infringed thousands of its copyrights through Facebook and Instagram. Epidemic said it owns and distributes more than 38,000 pieces of royalty-free music for creators to use in videos, podcasts and other content. Epidemic sued Meta in July for allegedly reproducing at least 950 tracks in its music library for Facebook and Instagram users to download, stream and incorporate into videos without the label's permission. Epidemic requested at least $142 million in damages from Meta. Meta moved in September that the lawsuit should be dismissed. But the judge denied Meta's motion on Monday, finding Epidemic's complaint was detailed enough to justify continuing the case.

本周一，旧金山一名联邦法官驳回了Meta提出的驳回一家瑞典音乐唱片公司Epidemic Sound AB诉讼的请求，该唱片公司声称Meta通过Facebook和Instagram侵犯了其数千项版权Epidemic称其拥有并发布了超过3.8万首免费音乐，供创作者在视频、播客和其他内容中使用。今年7月，Epidemic 起诉了Meta，称Meta未经许可在其音乐库中复制了至少950首歌曲，供Facebook及Instagram用户下载、传播或融合到视频中。Epidemic要求Meta赔偿至少1.42亿美元。Meta在9月提出动议，要求驳回该诉讼，但法官周一驳回了Meta的动议，认为Epidemic的起诉足够详细，法院有理由继续审理此案。

7

J&J sues Amgen over plan to sell drug similar to blockbuster Stelara

强生起诉安进计划出售类似其畅销产品Stelara的药物

Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit has sued Amgen Inc over its plan to market a drug for ulcerative colitis and other conditions similar to J&J's top-selling Stelara, saying it would infringe two patents in a lawsuit made public on Wednesday. Stelara accounted for $9.1 billion of J&J's $52 billion in global drug sales last year. If Amgen launches its drug, J&J said it would infringe J&J's patent on the drug's active ingredient and on its use for treating ulcerative colitis. J&J told the court that an Amgen filing indicates the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could approve its biosimilar in the second or third quarter of 2023, and that Amgen intends to start selling it as early as next May.

强生公司子公司杨森起诉安进公司，称杨森计划销售一种用于治疗溃疡性结肠炎等症状的药物，该药物类似于强生最畅销的Stelara。强生周三公开了一起诉讼，称该药物将侵犯其两项专利。强生去年的全球药品销售额为520亿美元，其中Stelara 的销售额占91亿美元。强生表示，如果安进推出该药物，它将侵犯强生关于该药物活性成分和用于治疗溃疡性结肠炎的专利。强生向法庭表示，安进的一份文件表明，美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）可能会在2023年第二或第三季度批准其生物仿制药，安进计划最早于明年5月开始销售其仿制药。

8

Google hit with patent suit over android phones

谷歌安卓手机被诉侵犯信息发送专利

On Monday, Google was hit in Texas federal court with a complaint from Texas-based Grus Tech LLC alleging some of the tech giant's Pixel and Nexus smartphones infringe four of its patents related to messaging. According to the complaint, the four patents were all issued between 2019 and 2021 and that Google's devices utilize the patents without a license or permission from Grus. Grus is seeking unspecified damages and a judgment that Google infringed the patents. According to the report, Grus also filed two similar suits in 2020 against LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. alleging the companies infringed two of the four patents at issue in the Google suit, but voluntarily dismissed the suits later that year.

周一，谷歌在德克萨斯州联邦法院被起诉。德克萨斯州的Grus科技公司指控谷歌的Pixel和Nexus智能手机侵犯了其四项与发送信息相关的专利。起诉书称，这四项专利都是在2019年至2021年期间的，谷歌未经Grus的许可在其设备中使用了这些专利。Grus要求获得未明确数额的损害赔偿，并判决谷歌侵犯了这些专利。据悉，2020年，Grus还对LG和三星提起了类似的诉讼，指控这两家公司侵犯了四项专利中的两项，但Grus后来自愿撤回了诉讼。

Case Analysis

9

原告宝拉珍选公司是1994年在美国设立的护肤品公司，在业内已成为世界知名品牌。上海颖文经贸有限公司（简称颖文公司）经宝拉珍选公司授权后，在国内淘宝、京东等平台销售原告商品，并许可上海碧奥网络科技有限公司（简称碧奥公司）在天猫平台经营宝拉珍选官方旗舰店。

In 2006, Liu X, a party not involved in this case, registered “PAULA’S CHOICE宝拉之选” in China in respect of soap, perfume for cosmetics, cosmetics and other goods in Class 3, and later assigned the trademark to the Defendant Chongqing Kaimenhong Trading Co., Ltd. (“Kaimenhong”). In 2017, Kaimenhong submitted an IP complaint to Tmall platform, claiming that the PAULA’S CHOICE flagship store operated through Tmall platform infringed its trademark rights. The complaint led to the removal of a variety of goods from the PAULA’S CHOICE flagship store, and forced the PAULA’S CHOICE distributor to stop or decrease its distributing activities.

2006年，案外人刘某在我国注册“P A U L A’S C H O I C E宝拉之选”商标，指定使用在第3类的肥皂、化妆品用香料、化妆品等商品上，并随后将该商标转让给被告开门红公司。2017年，开门红公司向天猫平台提起知识产权投诉，主张上述天猫平台的宝拉珍选旗舰店侵犯其商标权。该投诉导致宝拉珍选天猫旗舰店多款商品被下架，宝拉珍选的分销商被迫停止或减少分销活动。

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