Whether it is right or wrong remains to be determined by the court, but the warning significance of this case cannot be ignored.
In recent years, with the rise of the "Internet", ETC has become the "darling" of intelligent transportation. The market size of ETC is constantly expanding, attracting a large influx of funds and talents.
However, intellectual property disputes in this field are rare at this stage, and the more typical case occurred in 2015. At that time, ZTE Zhilian Technology Co., Ltd. sued Shanghai Huahong Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Tongyu Technology Co., Ltd. to Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court and Chongqing No. 5 Court respectively on the grounds that two ETC system invention patents were infringed. Intermediate People's Court, the claim amount reached 2 million yuan. In this regard, some experts pointed out that as the ETC market continues to expand, competition in this field will become increasingly fierce, and technology will inevitably become the trump card of enterprise competition.
In this patent infringement case brought by Jinyi Technology against Juli Technology, the claim amount is as high as 100 million, setting a record for the highest invention patent claim in the ETC field and arousing heated discussion in the society. As a leading ETC company, Jinyi Technology has started its layout in the field of intellectual property early. As of December 31, 2016, Jinyi Technology held a total of 296 patents, including 55 invention patents, ranking first in the industry. leading level.
The implications for the industry are that, on the one hand, companies should make technical reserves in the early stages and invest more energy in research and development, so that they can extract high-quality technologies from many technologies that can withstand the test of the market. core technologies, and at the same time submit patent applications for core technologies in a timely manner to avoid potential intellectual property infringement risks; on the other hand, relevant practitioners must conduct careful intellectual property layout to deal with various intellectual property infringement risks.