美专局将提高专利费；华为在海外被诉收取过高专利使用费；海能达在德国上诉法院胜诉！上诉法院裁定海能达未侵犯摩托罗专利

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Overview

一周概览

Focus

1. Five Chinese companies rank in the top 10 list of Global ranking of 5G SEP 

5G标准必要专利全球排名前十榜单公布：中国企业占5家

2. USPTO Proposes Patent Fee Increases

美专局将提高专利费

3. Huawei accused in suit of seeking excessive fees for patent use

华为在海外被诉收取过高专利使用费

4. ByteDance eyes a new chapter in book publishing

字节跳动意图进军图书出版业

IP Practice

5. German Court of Appeals sides with Hytera over patent case

海能达在德国上诉法院胜诉！上诉法院裁定海能达未侵犯摩托罗专利

6. Louboutin files lawsuit over red-sole trademark

路铂廷就红底商标发起诉讼

7. U.S. appeals court denies apple’s claim that Corellium infringe its copyright

美法院裁定Corellium未侵犯苹果版权

8. BOE lodged lawsuits against Samsung for patent infringement

京东方起诉三星，涉发明专利侵权

Case Analysis

9. Hunan Eefung Software Co., Ltd. v. Beijing Weimeng Internet Technology Co., Ltd.

“鹰击系统抓取微博数据”不正当竞争纠纷案

Focus

1

Five Chinese companies rank in the top 10 list of Global ranking of 5G SEP 

5G标准必要专利全球排名前十榜单公布：中国企业占5家

According to news on May 9, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) recently released a “Research Report on Global 5G Standard Essential Patents and Standard Proposals (2023)”. The report reveals that among the top 10 enterprises having the largest number of valid global patent families, five are Chinese companies, one more than last year. The top 10 enterprises include Huawei, Qualcomm, Samsung, ZTE, LG, Nokia, Ericsson, DT, OPPO and Xiaomi, with Apple missing from the top 10.

5月9日消息，中国信息通信研究院近日发布《全球5G标准必要专利及标准提案研究报告（2023年）》。报告显示，有效全球专利族排名前十位的企业中，中国企业占据5家，较去年再添1家。前十名榜单分别为：华为、高通、三星、中兴、LG、诺基亚、爱立信、大唐、OPPO和小米，苹果无缘前十。

2

USPTO Proposes Patent Fee Increases

美专局将提高专利费

The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced proposed patent fee increases. Patent fees would increase by about 5% across the board because of inflation. Certain fees would be increased by substantially more than the 5% inflationary increase to reduce subsidization from other fee sources. For example, the overall design patent fees would increase by 48%, based on a 27% increase in filing, search and examination fees and a 76% issue fee increase. The USPTO anticipates that the fee changes will be implemented around January 2025. 

美国专利商标局（USPTO）近日宣布或将提高专利费。据悉，由于通货膨胀，总体专利费将增加约5%。其中某些费用会大幅增加，超过5%的通胀增长，以减少对其他费用的补贴。例如，鉴于申请、检索和审查费用增加27%，授权费增加 76%，外观设计专利总体费用将增加48%。USPTO预计，费用调整将在2025年1月左右实施。

3

Huawei accused in suit of seeking excessive fees for patent use

华为在海外被诉收取过高专利使用费

ADVA Optical Networking’s North American unit  said in a lawsuit filed on Monday in Texas  that Huawei refuses to license its patents  on “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” terms.

ADVA said in the lawsuit that Huawei, holder of the world’s largest portfolio of 5G patents, is asking it to pay excessive royalties and also wants it to pay for the use of patents that are not essential to international standards. It also claims Huawei has infringed on ADVA patents. Huawei didn’t have an immediate comment on the lawsuit. 

欧洲电信供应商ADVA Optical Networking的北美子公司周一在德克萨斯州对华为提起诉讼，指控华为拒绝按照FRAND（公平、合理和非歧视性）的条款许可其专利。ADVA在诉讼中表示，拥有全球最大5G专利组合的华为向其索要的专利使用费过高，且华为希望ADVA 为其对于国际标准而言并非必要的专利使用付费。ADVA还声称，华为侵犯了ADVA的专利。目前，华为尚未对此置评。

4

ByteDance eyes a new chapter in book publishing

字节跳动意图进军图书出版业

Lemon Inc., a subsidiary of ByteDance, has submitted a trademark application for a range of book publishing products and services, according to a filing posted on the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The trademark, which is called “8TH NOTE PRESS” , suggests ByteDance’s apparent e-publishing ambitions, according to industry insiders. The list of products and services registered with “8TH NOTE PRESS” includes an app to read, download and discuss fiction e-books in an online community; retail bookstore services; ordering books in audio, printed and digital formats; publishing e-books, audiobooks and physical books, as well as providing online, non-downloadable fiction and non-fiction books.

根据美国专利商标局近日公布的商标申请，字节跳动的子公司Lemon已经提交了一个名为“第八音符出版社”的商标申请，该商标涉及一系列图书出版产品和服务。据业内人士称，字节此举意图进军图书出版业。据悉，该商标申请包括提供在线社区阅读，下载和讨论小说电子书的应用程序、零售书店服务、音频书订购、印刷版和数字版书籍、出版电子书、有声读物和实体书籍，以及在线的小说和非小说书籍。

IP Practice

5

German Court of Appeals sides with Hytera over patent case

海能达在德国上诉法院胜诉！上诉法院裁定海能达未侵犯摩托罗专利

On May 5, Hytera Communications announced that the Court of Appeals Düsseldorf has ruled in favor of Hytera and its subsidiary HMF Smart Solutions GmbH in patent infringement proceedings initiated by Motorola Solutions Inc. The Court of Appeals Düsseldorf reversed the decision of the lower court, found the patent-in-suit not infringed by Hytera and HMF, and dismissed Motorola’s complaints. The Court of Appeals also ordered MSI to pay the costs of the court proceedings in the first and second instances. In 2017, Motorola filed a complaint  alleging infringement of its European patent EP 2 342 851 B1 by Hytera’s Pseudo-Trunking/TDMA direct mode/TX-none radio functionality. The Regional Court Düsseldorf found infringement of Motorola’s patent in the first instance decisions.

5月5日，海能达通信公司宣布，杜塞尔多夫上诉法院已在专利侵权诉讼中做出了有利于海能达及其子公司HMF智能解决方案公司的裁决。上诉法院推翻了此前下级法院的判决，裁定海能达和HMF未侵犯摩托罗拉专利，并驳回了摩托罗拉的诉讼。此外，上诉法院还命令摩托罗拉支付一审和二审诉讼的相关费用。2017年，摩托罗拉在杜塞尔多夫地区法院提起专利侵权诉讼，指控海能达的Pseudo-Trunking/TDMA direct mode/TX-none对讲机功能侵犯了摩托罗拉的欧洲专利EP 2 342 851 B1。杜塞尔多夫地区法院在初审中裁定海能达侵犯了摩托罗拉专利权。海能达和HMF对该判决提出了上诉。

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6

Louboutin files lawsuit over red-sole trademark

路铂廷就红底商标发起诉讼

Christian Louboutin has filed last Friday a trademark complaint against shoemaker Vinci Leather, Inc., alleging deceptive trade practices, design patent infringement and trademark infringement, according to a court filing last week. The complaint alleges Vinci Leather manufactures and sells knockoffs that infringe on the French luxury company’s trademarked red-sole footwear, its design patents and the Spiked Sneaker Trade Dress associated with its Loubishark line of sneakers. Louboutin is seeking an injunction from Vinci Leather, as well as damages and attorneys’ fees. The Vinci complaint is reportedly the latest in a series of Louboutin filing complaints against shoemakers for violating the red-sole trademark, spurring years of discussions and legal decisions over whether a specific color used on the soles of shoes could warrant trademark protection. 

根据上周提交的一份法庭文件，法国奢侈品公司Christian Louboutin上周五对Vinci Leather公司提起商标诉讼，指控Vinci从事欺骗性的贸易行为、设计专利侵权和商标侵权。 起诉书称，Vinci 制造和销售的仿冒品侵犯了Louboutin的红底鞋商标，设计专利和其他与Loubishark系列运动鞋有关的商业外观。Louboutin要求获得禁令、损害赔偿及律师费。据报道，这是Louboutin发起的最新一起的红底鞋商标诉讼，多年来一直在引发讨论和法律决定，即在鞋底上使用的特定颜色是否可以申请商标保护。

7

U.S. appeals court denies apple’s claim that Corellium infringe its copyright

美法院裁定Corellium未侵犯苹果版权

Apple Inc failed to convince a U.S. appeals court on Monday that Corellium Inc infringed its copyrights by simulating its iOS operating system to help researchers find security flaws in Apple devices. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Corellium lawfully recreated Apple's system under the U.S. copyright doctrine of fair use, furthering scientific progress by aiding important security research. Florida-based Corellium's software allows users to run iOS on non-Apple devices and inspect and modify the operating system in ways that allow security researchers to search for vulnerabilities more effectively. Apple sued Corellium for copyright infringement in South Florida federal court in 2019.

本周一，苹果公司未能说服美国上诉法院Corellium公司模拟iOS操作系统，帮助研究人员发现苹果设备的安全缺陷的行为侵犯了苹果的版权。美国联邦第十一巡回上诉法院表示，Corellium根据美国版权的合理使用原则，合法地重建了苹果的系统，通过帮助重要的安全研究，促进了科学进步。总部位于佛罗里达州的Corellium的软件允许用户在非苹果设备上运行iOS，并检查和修改改操作系统，让安全研究人员更有效地搜索漏洞。2019年，苹果公司在南佛罗里达州联邦法院起诉Corellium侵犯苹果版权。

8

BOE lodged lawsuits against Samsung for patent infringement

京东方起诉三星，涉发明专利侵权

BOE has lodged a number of patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung, according to new court session announcement at the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court. The lawsuits reportedly involves 9 cases, which will be heard in public on May 18. Industry insiders familiar with the matter said the move was BOE's counterattack to Samsung's patent infringement act against the company. As early as last year, Samsung filed a patent infringement lawsuit against BOE. Earlier this year, Samsung launched a 337 investigation into a number of mobile phone repair businesses at the ITC, which ultimately aims to ban the sale of BOE OLED panels. It is reported that as of December 2022, BOE has accumulated more than 80,000 independent patent applications, including more than 28,000 flexible OLED related patent applications.

根据重庆市第一中级人民法院新增开庭公告，京东方近日在对三星发起了多起专利侵权诉讼，共涉及九起案件。案件将于 5 月 18 日于进行公开审理。业内人士称，此举是京东方对三星专利围堵攻势的反击。早在去年，三星就对京东方提起了专利侵权诉讼。今年年初，三星又在ITC对多家手机设备维修商发起337调查，意图禁售京东方OLED面板。据悉，截至 2022 年 12 月，京东方累计自主专利申请已超 8 万件，其中柔性 OLED 相关专利申请超 2.8 万件。

Case Analysis

9

Platform data can be divided into public data and non-public data. The illegal capturing of non-public data to which access rights have been set is of obvious impropriety. Capturing the data from a platform and storing it may lead to the leakage and infringement of the users' personal information and damage the platform's right to the relevant data, constituting unfair competition; Since it is an unfair act to capture and store the platform data, the subsequent use of such data for display and analysis does not have a legitimate basis as the source of the data is illegal. In addition, if it is impossible to prove that public platform data has been captured through normal channels, the act of capturing the public data also constitutes unfair competition.

平台数据可分为公开数据与非公开数据。非法抓取已设置访问权限的非公开数据，具有明显的不正当性；抓取平台数据后进行存储，可能导致用户个人信息的泄露和被侵害，损害平台对相关数据的权利，构成不正当竞争；因抓取、存储平台数据的行为存在不正当性，故将这部分数据用于展示和分析的后续使用行为，因数据来源不合法而不具有正当性之基础。此外，如不能证明其系通过正常途径抓取平台公开数据，则抓取公开数据的行为亦构成不正当竞争。

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