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100 High-profile IP Cases in China (Case Briefs)

Compiled and published by China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd.

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	Preface Introduction by Richard S. Gruner

	Part I Patents
	Patentability
1	Xu Wenqing v. Patent Reexamination Board et al. (Description support; principles of oral hearing)
2	Rugao City Aijike Textile Machinery Co., Ltd. and Patent Reexamination Board (Court determining patent validity; disclosure)
3	Patent Reexamination Board v. Hong Kong Mei Ngai (Chu Kee) Metal Manufacturers (Inventiveness)
4	BYD v. Patent Reexamination Board et al. (Inventiveness)
5	Jining Pressureless Boiler Plant v. Patent Reexamination Board et al. (Double patenting)
	Infringement
6	China Southeast Technology Trading Corporation v. Beijing Wangma Computer Corporation (Claim construction)
7	Lanzhou Kairui Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. v. Gansu Province Intellectual Property Office, et al. (Prior use defence)
8	Dongguan City Huahan Children’s Goods Co., Ltd. v. Guangdong Province Intellectual Property Office, et al. (Claim construction)
9	Ningbo Dongfang General Movement Plant v. Jiangyin Jinling Hardware Products Co., Ltd. (Doctrine of equivalents;claim construction)
10	Dalian Renda New-model Wall Building Materials Plant v. Dalian Xinyi Building Materials Co., Ltd. (Doctrine of equivalents; Redundant designation)
11	Shanghai Shuaijia Electronic Science and Technology Corporation., Ltd. et al. v. Shandong Joyoung Small Household Electric Appliances Corporation et al. (Prior art defence; preliminary judgment on patent validity)
12	Zhengzhou City Zhenzhong Capacitance Zirconium Industry Co., Ltd. v. Zhengzhou Jiansong Fireproof Material Co. Ltd. (General principles for claim construction)
13	Kunming Pharmaceuticals Group Co., Ltd. v. Kunmin Longjin Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (Extent of protection for parallel independent claims)
14	Lianyungang Yingyou Textile Machinery Co., Ltd. vs. Jiangyin Zhouzhuang Textile Equipment Plant (Coverage of dependent claims)
15	Xinjiang Yuelu Juxing Building Materials Co., Ltd. v. Xinjiang Aksu Prefecture State Taxation Bureau (Extent of protection for partially invalid patent)
	Litigation Proceedings
16	Zhao Shiying v. Henan Zhongyuan Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. et al. (Jurisdiction)
17	Hebei Xinkai Auto Manufacturing Co., Ltd.et al. v Honda et al. (Jurisdiction)
18	Kunming Pharmaceuticals Group Co., Ltd. v. Heilongjiang Province Zhenbaodao Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (Declaratory judgement action)
19	Juli Integrated Circuit Design Co., Ltd. v. Ximate Co., Ltd. et al. (Pre-trial injunction)
20	Kunming Ouguan Window Industry Co., Ltd. v. Kunming Intellectual Property Office (Expert appraisals)
21	Eli Lilly And Company v. Jiangsu Haosen Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd. (Cross-examination of evidence involving trade secret)
22	Zhang Meiqui et al. v Jiangsu Province JIPO et al. (Administrative enforcement; Entitlement of individual business to sue)
	Contractual Disputes
23	Xiamen Dayang Handicrafts Co., Ltd. v. Xiamen City Huanghe Technology and Trade Co., Ltd. (Validity of patent license)
24	Wang Xinghua et al. v. Heilongjiang No.1 Radio Plant et al. (Co-shared patent right)
25	Shanxi University v. Shanxi Province Kelin Environmental Protection Technology Center et al. (Shared technological achievement)
26	Shandong Province Tai’an City Suburbs Fuli Chemical Engineering Plant v. Wuhan Chemical Engineering Institute (Division of liability for breach of technology transfer contract)
	Miscellaneous Cases
27	Tao Yi v. Beijing Subway Foundation Engineering Corporation (Service invention)
28	Shanghai Sidi Enterprise Management Consultation Co., Ltd. v. Shanghai Intellectual Property Office (Eligibility for financial aid)
29	Shandong Province Denghai Seeds Industry Co., Ltd. v. Shandong Province Laizhou City Agricultural Science Research Institute Co., Ltd. (Varieties of plant)
	Part II Trademarks & Unfair Competition
	Confusion of Sources
30	Anhui Yingjia Alcohol Industry Co., Ltd. v. Anhui Shuanglun Alcohol Industry Co., Ltd. (Transfer and enforcement of trademark right)
31	Sichuan Province Yibin Qijiu Brewery v. Sichuan Province Shehong County Tuopai Leavened Liquor Brewery (The retroactive effect of a mark after its registration is cancelled)
32	Italian Ferrero S. P. A. v. Mengtesha (Zhangjiagang) Foodstuff Co., Ltd. et al. (Determination of package and trade dress of well-known commodity)
33	Taishan Enterprise Co., Ltd. v. Fujian Province Changle City Taifu Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Determination of prior use of well-known commodity)
34	Hong Kong 8-Minutes International Detergent Group Co., Ltd. et al.v. Sinochem Siping Lianhe Chemical Engineering General Plant et al. (Determination of confusion with trade dress of well-known commodity)
35	Fujian Province Qiaodan Sports Goods Co., Ltd. v. Jinjiang City Yangxin Sports Goods Co., Ltd. (Determination of confusion with trade dress of well-known commodity)
36	Fujian Province Light-industry Products Import & Export Group Corporation v. Fuzhou Wanda Pencil and Stationery Co., Ltd. et al. (Determination of co-owners of trade dress of well-known commodity）
37	Ningxia Hengtai Chinese Wolfberry Health Drinks Co., Ltd. v. Ningxia Xiangshan Liquor Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (Determination of confusion with name, package and trade dress of well-known commodity)
38	Guangdong Changxing Science & Technology and Health Products Co., Ltd. v. Xinjiang Huashidan Drug Industry Co., Ltd. (Whether a name peculiar to well-known commodity can be a combination of generic names)
39	Guangzhou City Yuexiu District Northeastern Cuisine Dumpling Restaurant v. Song Weihe (Whether imitated restaurant decoration constitutes unfair competition)
40	Inner Mongolia Little Fat Sheep Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd. v. Hebei Huite Little Fat Sheep Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd. (Determination of name peculiar to well-known service)
41	Yueqing City Dadongfang Garments Co., Ltd. v. Baoxiniao Group Co., Ltd. et al. (Determination of trademark infringement by use of a corporate name)
42	CITIC Group Corporation v. Tianjin Zhongxin Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Determination of trademark infringement by use of a corporate name)
43	Zhejiang Huatian Industry Co., Ltd. v. Yamaha Engine Corporation et al. (Determination of trademark infringement by use of a licensed overseas corporate name)
44	Fujian Tianlong Electric Motor Co., Ltd. v. Ningbo Huaneng International Economy and Trading Co., Ltd. (Unfair competition by imitation of barcode)
45	Nanjing Yazhi Jewelry Co., Ltd. v. Guangzhou Yuanyi Jewelry Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Protection of China Internet Keywords)
46	Zhejiang Province Foodstuff Co., Ltd. v. Trademark Office (The non-highlighted use of geographic name in trademark)
47	Hangzhou Zhang Xiaoquan Group Co., Ltd. v. Shanghai Zhang Xiaoquan Shanghai General Store (Conflict between rights of traditional trade name and trademark)
	Protection of Well-known Trademark
48	Eastman Kodak Corporation v. Suzhou Keda Hydraulic Elevators Co., Ltd. (Establishment of well-known trademark）
49	Beijing Jiayu Dongfang Wine Co., Ltd. v. COFCO (Confusion caused by similarity to the main part of a well-known trademark)
	Disputes over Trademark rights
50	Shishi Jiaxiang Foodstuff Co., Ltd. et al. v. Zhangzhou City Zhongyifan Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Whether a prior unregistered trademark can be posed against a latter registered trademark)
51	Gansu Province Drug and Health Products Import and Export Corporation et al. v. Lanzhou Foci Drug Plant (Trademark right divided between export agent and manufacturer)
52	Trademark Review and Adjudication Board, et al. v. Yi’an Trading Corporation (Whether using a mark as part of a slogan constitutes use of trademark)
53	Chongqing Zhengtong Drug Industry Co., Ltd. et al. v. Sichuan Huashu Animal Drug Industry Co., Ltd. (An agent applied, in its own name, for registration of its client's mark)
	Generic or Peculiar Name
54	Jiangsu Aitefu Medicament and Health Products Co., Ltd. v. Beijing Ditan Hospital et al. (Distinguishing between generic name and name peculiar to a commodity: “84” disinfectant)
55	Henan Province Zhecheng County Yufeng Seeds Industry Co., Ltd. v. TRAB et al. (Distinguishing between generic name and name peculiar to a commodity: “Bullet”)
56	AgrEvo (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. v. Sichuan Province Fushun County Bio-chemical Engineering Plant (Distinguishing between generic name and name peculiar to a commodity: “Desects” )
57	Jiangxi Tianyou Medical and Drug Science and Technology Co., Ltd. v. Jiangxi Kangmei Medical and Health Products Co., Ltd. et al. (Distinguishing between generic name and name peculiar to a commodity: “Fu Yan Jie”)
	False Publicity
58	Fujian Province Fuqing Damin Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd. v. Fuzhou Nanhaian Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd. (Mean of unfair competition act: false publicity and commercial defamation)
59	Shanghai Shende System Technology Corporation et al. v. Italian O.S.Panto S. R.L. (Use of product photos and engineering schematic diagram in product promotion materials)
	Procedural Issues
60	Shanghai Meizheng Garments Co., Ltd. v. Bonneterie Cevenole S.A.R.L. (A procedural issue: new evidence in administrative litigation)
61	Changzhou Chenglian Power Source Manufacturing Co., Ltd. v. Trademark Review and Adjudication Board et al. (A procedural issue: new evidence in administrative litigation)
	Criminal Cases
62	A Criminal Case Involving Counterfeiting Registered Trademarks by Li Yade and Chen Jun (Crime of passing off registered trademark)
63	Crime of Selling Counterfeit Goods by Beijing Meitong Jiahe Science and Technology Corporation et al. (Crime of selling goods with passed off trademark)
64	A case involving Crime of Illegally Making Representations of Registered Mark by Luo Xinfu (Crime of illegally making registered trademark)
65	Case involving marketing counterfeit or fake and shoddy products by Zhang Yongzu et al. (Crime of selling counterfeit products)
66	Case involving illegal business operation by Yu Bohuai (Crime of selling counterfeit products)
	Miscellaneous Cases
67	Wuhan Silver Shark Leisure Products Co., Ltd. et al. v. Harrow Street, Ltd. (Non-infringement defence based on trademark license)
68	Beijing Xiushui Street Garments Market Co., Ltd. v. French Chanel et al. (Landlord’s joint and several liability for infringement)
69	Jiangsu Pengyao Drug Industry Co., Ltd. v. Hainan Hengxin Drug Industry Co., Ltd. et al. (Certificate for the Protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine and exclusive right)
	Part III Copyright
	Infringement
70	Guo Song et al. v. Heilongjiang Province, Raohe County, Sipai Township People's Government, et al. (Determination of the right in works of folklore)
71	Century Internet Communication Technology Co., Ltd. v. Wang Meng, a case involving communication of works on the Internet (ICP's infringement liability)
72	Jiang Sishen v. Qiao Xuezhu (Attribution of the right in a work of joint authorship)
73	Gao Xiaohua v. Chongqing Chen Kezhi Cultural and Art Communication Co., Ltd., et al. (Whether use of identical subject matter constitutes infringement)
74	Liu Guochu v. Ye Yushan (Determination of co-authorship)
75	Yan Yong v. Yongcheng City Cultural Relics and Tourism Administration (Copyright in antique reproduction and the right of reproducer)
76	Zhao Jikang v. Qujing Cigarette Plant (Whether title alone constitutes a work)
77	Wang Yuewen v. Wang Yuewen (former Wang Lishan), a case of unfair competition involving authors of identical name (Unfair competition by an author with identical name)
78	China Wenlian Audio-Video Publishing House et al. v. Guangdong Changjin Video Music Co., Ltd. (Full licensing for publication and distribution of audio-visual products)
79	Guangdong Dasheng Culture Communication Co., Ltd. v. Hong Yuding, Han Wei and Guangzhou Audio-Video Publish House (Statutory licence for audio products)
	Procedural Issues
80	Beida Founder Group Co., Ltd. et al. v. Beijing Gaoshu Tianli Science and Technology Co., Ltd. et al. (Devised evidence trap)
81	Weng Zhengwen v. Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science and Technology Co. Ltd. et al. (Standard of proof for determining infringement of copyright in computer game software)
82	Zhejiang Province Library v. He Huwei et al. (Jurisdiction over Internet copyright disputes)
83	Beijing Higher Education Audio-video Publishing House et al. v. Hubei Education Publishing House (Determination of overseas licensing of copyright in audio-visual products)
	Contractual Disputes over Licensing
84	Hong Kong Pei RunInternational Co., Ltd. v. Beihai Zhongding Co., Ltd. (Validity of copyright licensing contract signed with a person other than the copyright owner)
85	Guangzhou International Huaqiao Investment Corporation v. Jiangsu Changjiang Motion Picture Industry Co., Ltd. (Validity of contract for motion picture projection and distribution)
	Contractual Disputes over Publication
86	Shen Jinzhao v. Shanghai Far-east Publishing House (Legal liability for lost manuscripts)
87	Wang Zhirong v. Hunan University Press (Legal liability for lost manuscripts in digital form)
	Criminal Cases
88	A Criminal Case Involving Copyright Infringement by Xu Chufeng et al. (Conviction and sentencing for copyright infringement)
89	Appellate case involving copyright infringement by Chen Shoufu (Whether revenue made by tying one’s commercial software in other's software is illegal)
	Part IV Trade Secrets
	Civil Cases
90	Guangdong Province Louding City Linchan Chemical Engineering Plant et al. v. Zhuzhou Beneficiation Reagent Plant (Calculation of time limit for litigation)
91	Haiying Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. v. Wuxi Xiangsheng Medical Video Co., Ltd. (Whether declassification of a State secret inevitably leads to disclosure of trade secret therein)
92	Chengdu Jialing Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. v. Chengdu Xiwang Electronic Research Institute, et al. (“Use” of trade secret)
93	Zhang Peiyao v. Suzhou Nanxin Cement Co., Ltd., a case involving issues of trade secret and damages for property injury (Presence of trade secret)
94	Sichuan Province Guanghan City Sanfeng Science and Technology Co., Ltd. v. Sichuan Environmental Protection Construction and Development Corporation (Elements of technical secret)
95	No. 18 Institute of the Ministry of Electronic Industry v. Qinghuangdao Futian Power Source Corporation (Infringement liability for inducing disclosure of trade secret)
96	Ningxia Zhengyang Produce Import and Export Co. Ltd. v. Ningxia Fumin Vegetable Dehydration Group Co., Ltd. (Whether clients information constitutes trade secret)
97	Kunshan Isotope Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. et al. v. Shanghai Chemical Engineering Research Institute et al. (Expert appraisal)
	Criminal Cases
98	Appellant Case involving Trade Secret Infringement by Xing Fafen (Conviction and sentencing of trade secret infringement)
99	Appellant Case Involving Trade Secret Infringement by Su Dongling et al. (Ruling in a civil suit collateral to criminal proceedings involving trade secret infringement)
100	Appellant Case Involving Trade Secret Infringement by Li Zhiting (Conviction and sentencing of trade secret infringement)