Earlier, ITC ruled that Shenao Company infringed the patent of Flexex Company in the United States, and the United States issued a limited exclusion order. Shengao Company appealed to the United States Federal Circuit Court. On June 5438+February 2, 20071,the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit made a judgment on this appeal, saying that ITC's judgment on Shenggao's infringement was based on its wrong interpretation of the word "control quantity" in Flexex's related claims, and Shenggao did not have literal infringement, thus rejecting ITC's judgment.
Xu Chunhua, chairman of the Additive Committee of China Rubber Industry Association, said that the success of the Olympic Games in the 337 survey not only defended China's independent intellectual property rights, but also helped the industry to further promote cleaner production and break through the technical barriers of developed countries in the European Union. Shenzhen-Shenzhen high-level officials said that China is not an intellectual property lawsuit that can't win the 337 investigation. In this case, Shengao won a complete and decisive victory. Shengao will, as always, resolutely defend China's independent intellectual property rights, safeguard the rights and interests of China Rubber Industry and Tire Industry, and continue to make due contributions to the development of national rubber additives industry.
It is understood that in February 2005, Flexex, as a complainant, applied to ITC to investigate the rubber antioxidant 337 of Shenggao Company, and applied to issue permanent limited exclusion orders and prohibition orders on the intermediate 4-ADPA, the antioxidant 6PPD made of 4-ADPA and its downstream products. In July, 2006, ITC ruled that Shengao Company infringed some patents of Flexex in the United States, and prohibited 4- aminodiphenylamine and 6PPD products exported by Shengao Company and imported by sovereign companies from entering the United States for sale.
The United States launched a "337 investigation" on multinational sintered rare earth magnets.
201September 18, at the request of Japanese Hitachi Metal and its American subsidiaries, the US International Trade Commission launched a "337 investigation" on sintered rare earth magnet products produced by 29 companies, including China, the United States, Germany and Austria, to determine whether there was patent infringement.
The US International Trade Commission issued a statement saying that the products involved are mainly sintered rare earth magnets and products containing this material, such as engines, stereos, headphones, wireless tools, computer hard disks and golf ball coordinates. The survey involved 4 enterprises in China, 23 enterprises in the United States, a German enterprise and an Austrian enterprise.
Apple's popular products were investigated by 337.
On August 2012 17, Motorola Mobile filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), accusing Apple of infringing the company's patents on the iPhone, iPad, iPod and iMac products sold in the US market, asking it to launch a "337 investigation" and issue an exclusion order and an injunction. On August 18, ITC announced that it had officially launched a 337 investigation into the above-mentioned products involved in Apple.
According to the relevant procedures, after ITC starts the "337 investigation", the agency must determine the target time of the final ruling within 45 days and complete the investigation as soon as possible. Usually, a case needs to be decided within one year. If the enterprise involved is found to have violated Section 337, ITC will issue an exclusion order and a prohibition order to the relevant products, which means that the products involved will be completely disqualified from selling in the US market.
Sany Heavy Industry was accused of product infringement by the US "337 Investigation"
On June 20 13, 5438+0 1 day (Beijing time 12), Sany Heavy Industry's appeal against Obama was rejected. On the same day, due to a complaint from a crane company in the United States, the United States International Trade Commission announced that it would launch a "337 investigation" on the crawler crane products produced by Sany Heavy Industry to determine whether these products infringed the patent rights of American companies.
Sany Heavy Industry was investigated by "337" because the crane manufacturer Manitowak accused Sany Heavy Industry of infringing the company's patents on June 12. The products involved are mobile cranes, which use variable position counterweight (VPC) technology to improve the operation and use of cranes. At the same time, the company claimed that because the products involved used the trade secrets owned by the complainant at will, it damaged or substantially damaged the related industries that have been built or will be built in the United States, and requested to start the "337 investigation" and issue a permanent exclusion order and import ban on Sany.
This American company specifically accused Sany's SCC8500 crane and its components of infringing products. Manitowoc said that John Lanning, a former employee of Manitowoc, shared these trade secrets with Sany, and Lanning worked for Sany American Company. After Manitowak initiated the complaint, Sany Heavy Industry issued a statement saying: "Sany's SCC8500 crawler crane was designed by Sany's engineers from beginning to end, using our own creativity and our own technological innovation. We firmly refute Manitowak's allegations and firmly support our leading products in the market. "
Seven companies, including Lenovo, were investigated by the US "337".
The US International Trade Commission also launched a "337 investigation" on optical drive products produced by seven companies including Lenovo.
The US International Trade Commission said in a statement that the products involved in this case are mainly products with optical drives such as desktops, laptops, DVD players, Blu-ray players, CD players and game machines, involving Lenovo, MediaTek, LG, Samsung, Nintendo, Panasonic and Toshiba.