According to the document number. Decision 19385 issued by the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office on 2012129 October decided to announce the decision of the Patent Reexamination Board on the request for invalidation. 1 1804, which came into effect earlier, has already announced this. On the basis of maintaining the validity of claim 1-5, 9, 1 1276 1.4, the invention claim 1-3, 9, 10 is declared invalid, and the validity of claims 4 and 5 is maintained. This time, the patent of Dewei laminate flooring is partially invalid. Ge Yuejin told reporters that the validity of the main patent is unshakable and the matter has not yet been settled. However, some people began to doubt whether it is possible to claim compensation if some patents are invalid.
A senior flooring enterprise expert explained to the reporter that it is almost impossible to claim compensation because there is no evidence to prove that the fees charged during the validity period of the patent are unreasonable. "The best result is that it will not be collected in the future, but it depends on the further development of the situation."
Wu Shengfu, director of the marketing department of China Forest Products Industry Association, said in an interview that we should keep a rational attitude towards this incident. From the perspective of enterprise development, the capital and energy invested by Dewei in intellectual property rights and patents every year is worthy of recognition. Things have to wait and see, and we must not follow suit.
Many people in the industry are concerned about the criticized industrial patents, and the news that T&W patents are partially invalid in Weibo has also caused extensive discussion. "Patents can make or break an enterprise," said Song Lili of Changzhou Boden Wood Industry.
Zhang Enjiu, chairman of Jiusheng Flooring, said in an interview that the flooring industry has developed to this day. Although many excellent enterprises make continuous efforts, technological innovation is still in the primary stage. How to add new ideas and new elements to product design, provide consumers with technologically advanced home solutions, and let the flooring industry enter the stage of technological competition from product competition is a problem that responsible enterprises must consider.