On May 11th, according to the ruling published by China Judicial Document Network on April 2th, Gree, who has attracted much attention in the past 4 months, complained that the incident of patent infringement by Oaks was recently settled. Next, Jintou Xiaobian will introduce why Oaks was declared to be infringed
This case was filed by Gree Electric in January 217. On August 3, 219, the Guangdong Higher People's Court made a second-instance judgment of (218) Yuemin, maintaining the original judgment of Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court in the first instance, and found that Ningbo Aosheng Trading Co., Ltd. (formerly Ningbo Aosheng Air Conditioning Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred to as Aosheng Company) was established for malicious infringement. The latter was awarded compensation of 4 million yuan to Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Gree Electric).
According to the data, in 212, Gree introduced the Almighty King U Zun air conditioner equipped with the latest technology of large air deflector at that time, and air conditioners equipped with the same technology appeared in the market soon.
In p>214, Gree Electric sued Oaks, whose air-conditioning products were infringed by six patents. The case lasted for three years. After all the legal procedures of patent rights protection, such as civil litigation, administrative litigation, and patent invalidation approval, in 217, the second trial finally confirmed that Oaks infringed, demanding to stop selling infringing products, compensate Gree Electric for economic losses of RMB 2.3 million, and destroy the infringing products in stock and the special molds for producing the products.