First, the cause of the incident
The plaintiff is a robot research and development company in Shanghai. The company's main patent is the language interaction between man and machine, and it has the complete technology of intellectual property rights of this language interaction. In 2004, Fashion Power Company applied for full intellectual property rights authorization in 2009. This patent is one of the basic patents of human-computer interaction intelligence in China, and it has completely independent intellectual property rights. Being able to carry out voice chat conversations through voice-controlled robots is often in a leading position in many industries in China. Siri voice robot used by Apple, 20 1 1, began to be used and put on the market, which completely encroached on other people's technology and did not pay intellectual property fees for many years.
Second, what is the status of prosecution?
After many trials, the case has now flowed into the Shanghai Higher People's Court. After years of trial, it has not been effectively dealt with, and both sides hold their own words. Apple believes that Siri has not encroached on the rights of others, and its Siri does not contain the characteristics of the patents provided by the company. In view of this situation, technology companies believe that their companies have complete intellectual property rights and have applied for and obtained authorization for this category. Siri voice interaction used by Apple is the artificial intelligence of Apple products, and the main entrance of interaction conforms to it.
Third, how to deal with things next?
At present, the Supreme People's Court has accepted both parties' litigation requests and is ready to conduct another round of litigation on both parties' litigation causes. Although we have sued many times before, the judgments of both parties are inconsistent every time. This time, the company thinks that Apple should admit its mistake, adopt the attitude that big companies should have, stop infringing the goods off the shelves and compensate 65.438 billion yuan.