Midea Soymilk Machine lost the case and the patented technology was invalid.
On February 24th, 20 18, the Beijing Higher People's Court made a second-instance judgment on the patent of a soymilk machine of Midea Group, and the soymilk machine of Midea lost the case, and the patented technology was invalid.
In recent years, technical cases and trademark administrative cases in China have shown an obvious upward trend. Insiders pointed out that such cases also sounded the alarm for home appliance enterprises. Although the independent R&D and innovation strength of China's home appliance industry has been continuously enhanced in recent years, in the highly competitive market environment, the competition for industry disputes has not only been confined to the market, but has gone to the deep level of patent technology.