[Global Network Technology Reporter Chen Jian] The dispute between Hisense and Sharp has become increasingly fierce. For a series of lawsuits initiated by Sharp in the United States, Hisense finally made a counterattack. It is reported that Hisense Electric Corporation’s listed company, Hisense Electric, has officially initiated lawsuits in courts in Beijing and Qingdao, accusing Sharp of as many as more than a dozen TV products sold in China as infringing upon Hisense’s invention patent rights. More than a dozen provinces and cities are sold.
The patents involved in this case initiated by Hisense are mainly two patents, “a backlight control method, device, and LED TV†and “backlight drive circuit and televisionâ€, all of which are within the validity period. In his lawsuit, Hisense asked the court to order Sharp to immediately stop infringing its patent rights, stop making, selling, promising to sell infringing products, and destroy infringing products. The courts in both places have formally accepted the case.
In 2015, Sharp had transferred its Mexican plant in North America to Hisense in an extremely difficult business situation. At the same time, Sharp also transferred the five-year right to use the Sharp trademark in the American market other than Brazil to Hisense. After the acquisition of Hisense, Sharp The business in North America has steadily improved. Sharp's acquisition of Foxconn in 2016 violated the strong contract demand to terminate the brand right. Hisense rejected the unreasonable demand on the grounds of acknowledging the contract, and Sharp publicly stated that he would “take destructive action†and return Sharp. Since the beginning of this year, the dispute over the brand right of Hisense Sharp in North America has intensified, and after Foxconn, the actual controller behind it, has had no hope of retaking the Sharp brand in the first contract with Hisense, it immediately used lawsuits and even used 337 investigations initiated by the US government. “Wei Wei rescues Zhaoâ€, which presents the story of modern farmers and snakes. However, it is reported that Sharp’s lawsuit against Hisense in the United States has been blocked all the way. First, the case was immediately dropped. Then, on November 13, local time, the District Court of the United States District of Columbia (DC) issued an order approving Hisense’s request to dismiss Sharp’s motion for suing, and applying for Sharp’s motion. The ban was rejected.
This time, Hisense no longer chooses to silence Sharp's provocations. He also uses his personal approach to administer his people. This patent litigation also represents the strong voice that Chinese companies have made when dealing with foreign patent brand barriers. The two sides have adopted legal means to deal with the two fronts of China and the United States respectively, and even upgraded to a trade war between countries, which is bound to cause great concern in the legal profession. Li Wenyu, director of the Intellectual Property Center of the China Institute of Information and Communication Technology, commented: “As Chinese companies accelerate their pace of going global, more and more Chinese companies are protecting their interests through high-value patent reserves and becoming passive in patent litigation. , reflects the respect of Chinese companies for intellectual property rights, and has become more and more mature in the layout and application of patents."
However, Sharp encountered in China is not just a dispute between companies. Sharp's low-cost strategy and its chain reactions have been criticized in China. According to public reports, only consumers have launched lawsuits against Sharp's quality issues up to ten times this year.
In response, Sharp issued three announcements on November 30. First, the Sharp Group actively responded and has invalidated the patents of Hisense Group; secondly, the Group’s technical quality leads and the patents are extensive and abundant; Thirdly, Sharp has accumulated strong patents. For those who infringe on Sharp's intellectual property rights, they will do their best in the world and will not tolerate it.
At present, there are more litigation disputes between large technology companies, including Apple and Qualcomm. However, Hisense is a representative brand of domestic TV. The patent dispute between Sharp and Sharp is nowhere to be attributed to the current global television slump. Winnings will all benefit from the North American market.
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