This case was filed by Gree Electric in 20 17 10. On August 30th, 20 19, Guangdong Higher People's Court made (20 18) Min Yue's second-instance judgment, upheld the original judgment of Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court and recognized Ningbo Aosheng Trading Co., Ltd. (20 132).
According to the data, in 20 12, Gree introduced the Almighty King U Zun air conditioner equipped with the latest technology of large air deflector starting mechanism at that time, and soon the same technology appeared in the Oaks air conditioner on the market.
20 14 Gree Electric sued oaks, whose air-conditioning products infringed six patents. The case lasted for three years, and all legal procedures for patent protection, such as civil litigation, administrative litigation, and patent invalidation approval, were completed. On 20 17, the second instance finally confirmed that Oaks had infringed, demanding to stop selling infringing products, compensate Gree Electric for economic losses of 2.3 million yuan, and destroy the infringing products in stock and the special molds for producing the products.