Summary: Chengdu Technology Co., Ltd. sues Lingyun Yongran customer for infringement of utility model patent rights dispute, and the court rejects all of the plaintiff's claims
A certain technology company in Chengdu (the "Plaintiff") claims that a certain cultural technology company and a customer of Lingyun Yongran have infringed upon its utility model patent rights. The client entrusts the legal team of Shanghai Lingyun Yongran Law Firm ("Lingyun Yongran") to handle this case. The lawyer team of Ling Yun Yongran raised strong defense opinions in the lawsuit, and the first instance court ultimately supported their viewpoint and ruled to dismiss all of the plaintiff's claims.
The plaintiff entrusted a third-party organization to provide an appraisal opinion as the main evidence to prove the customer's infringement. After reviewing relevant materials, the lawyer team of Lingyun Yongran pointed out that the appraisal institution seriously exceeded the registered appraisal scope and professional scope for appraisal, and its appraisal conclusion is not legal. At the same time, the legal team of Ling Yun Yongran further argued that even if the appraisal opinion is valid, after comparing the products involved in the case with the plaintiff's prior patent, it can be found that there are three inconsistencies with the patent claims, and the patent does not fall within the scope of protection of the patent right. The court ultimately supported the viewpoint of the lawyer team led by Ling Yunyongran, which directly influenced the course of the case.
This case is complex and intricate, accurately capturing the serious flaws of the other party and achieving a winning outcome. This case is a product patent case with strong professionalism and complex technical background. In addition, such cases often require the cooperation of expert assistants, requiring the lawyer team to have strong logical thinking ability, communication ability, planning and coordination ability, etc. Faced with a complex case, the lawyer team of Ling Yun Yongran accurately grasped the serious flaws in the opponent's appraisal opinion procedure, and firmly grasped the key point that the technical features of the product involved in the case overlapped with the prior patent rather than overlapping. They successfully convinced the court to accept their defense opinions and achieved a winning result in the first instance.
The first instance judgment of this case has social effects, not only providing strong reference for preventing inappropriate expansion of patent protection scope, compression of innovation space, damage to innovation capabilities and public interests, but also effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of rights holders. It has also to some extent curbed the bad trend of some enterprises maliciously safeguarding their rights by relying on prior patents. This case demonstrates the professional strength of the Ling Yun Yongran legal team and has great reference significance in patent protection cases.
