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| Overview 一周概览 Focus 1. Court revives tech giants’ challenge to U.S. patent-review policy 法院发起科技巨头对美国专利审查政策挑战的重审 2. ECTA 41st Annual Conference in Prague – early bird discount ends on April 7 第41届欧洲商标协会年会将在布拉格举办，早鸟票于4月7日截止 3. Myanmar： New trademark law to come into force on 1 April 2023 缅甸新商标法将于2023年4月1日生效 4. Wuxi Intermediate People’s Court Upholds 4.5 Year Prison Sentence for Trademark Scammer 无锡市中级人民法院支持判决中国商标诈骗犯4.5年有期徒刑 IP Practice 5. The UK High Court handled the FRAND dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo 英国高等法院对InterDigital和联想FRAND纠纷案作出裁决 6. Dish hit with $469 million verdict for infringing two patents held by ClearPlay Dish侵犯ClearPlay两项专利，被判赔4.69亿美元 7. Nissan Files New Trademark Applications for NFTs and the Metaverse 日产汽车为 NFT和元宇宙提交了新的商标申请 Case Analysis 8. New Balance Trading (China) Co., Ltd. v. New Bunren (China) Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. et al “新百伦”商标侵权及不正当竞争纠纷案 Focus 1.Court revives tech giants’ challenge to U.S. patent-review policy 法院发起科技巨头对美国专利审查政策挑战的重审 On March 13, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has ruled in favour of allowing Apple and other tech giants like Google to sue the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that reduced the number of patent-validity proceedings at a USPTO tribunal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a California federal court‘s decision to dismiss the companies‘ lawsuit and said the agency may have failed to go through a required public notice-and-comment rule-making process. An internal rule that gave the agency‘s judges greater discretion to deny inter partes review petitions “dramatically reduced access“ to the process, the companies told the appeals court. 3月13日，美国联邦巡回上诉法院（CAFC）裁定，允许苹果公司和谷歌等其他科技巨头起诉美国专利商标局的一项减少美国专利商标局法庭专利有效性程序数量的规定。美国联邦巡回上诉法院推翻了加州联邦法院驳回两家公司诉讼的裁决，并表示该机构可能未通过必要的公告和评论规则制定程序。这些公司告知上诉法院，这样一项内部规则赋予了该机构法官更大的自由裁量权，可以拒绝多方审查请求而“大大减少进入”该程序的机会。 2.ECTA 41st Annual Conference in Prague – early bird discount ends on April 7 第41届欧洲商标协会年会将在布拉格举办，早鸟票于4月7日截止 The ECTA 41st Annual Conference ‘Exploring IP Magic’ will be held in Prague. The ECTA Annual Conference gathers hundreds of IP professionals from around the world in a most friendly atmosphere. Attendees can expect instructive sessions with top-level speakers on the most current IP matters. Among others, the Conference will discuss the Design Reform, non-agri GIs, geographical names and their relationship with trademarks, the latest EU case law and much more. Networking and fun is also high on its agenda. China IP Magazine will participate as Official Media Partner. Click“阅读原文”to learn more. 欧洲商标协会（ECTA）第41届年会“探索IP魔力”将在布拉格举行。ECTA年会将在温馨友好的氛围中聚集来自世界各地的数百名知识产权专业人士。与会者将有机会与顶级演讲者就最新的知识产权问题进行有益讨论。此外，会议将讨论包含设计改革、非农业地理标志，地名及其与商标的关系、最新的欧盟判例法等话题。社交活动作为重要的部分包含在议程内。《中国知识产权》杂志将作为官方媒体合作伙伴参与此次年会。点击文下方“阅读原文”查看关于会议的更多内容。 3.Myanmar： New trademark law to come into force on 1 April 2023 缅甸新商标法将于2023年4月1日生效 On March 9, the Myanmar Intellectual Property Department (MIPD) held a seminar with trademark agents at the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. During the March 9 Seminar, the MIPD announced that the new Trademark Law 2019 will come into force on 1 April 2023 and provided supplemental information on the soft opening period of the new trademark registration system, the trademark rules (which are currently in the draft stage), the official fees, and the trademark forms. 3月9日，缅甸知识产权局(MIPD)与商标代理机构在缅甸工商联合会举行了一次研讨会。在9日的研讨会上，缅甸知识产权局宣布新商标法2019将于2023年4月1日正式生效，并提供了关于新商标注册制度在试运行期、商标条例(目前处于起草阶段)、官费、和商标形式的补充信息。 4.Wuxi Intermediate People’s Court Upholds 4.5 Year Prison Sentence for Trademark Scammer 无锡市中级人民法院支持判决中国商标诈骗犯4.5年有期徒刑 On March 13, the Wuxi Intermediate People’s Court upheld a lower court’s sentence of 4.5 years for Zhao XX as well as a fine of 30,000 RMB and restitution of 280,000 RMB. From April to May 2020, Zhao used the “trademark document express delivery” scam to courier copies of official trademark approval announcements to trademark applicants requiring the payment of about 25 RMB upon receipt. As of June 22, 2020, Zhao had used the above means to defraud victim applicants across China of a total of more than 280,000 RMB. 3月13日，无锡市中级人民法院（无锡市中级人民法院）维持原判赵某某有期徒刑4.5年，并处罚金3万元，赔偿28万元。2020年4月至5月，赵某利用“商标文件快递”到付的骗局，将官方的商标批准公告快递给商标申请人，通过快递公司收取货款人民币25元左右/件。至2020年6月22日，赵某通过上述手段骗取全国各地被害单位共计人民币28万余元。 IP Practice 5.The UK High Court handled the FRAND dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo 英国高等法院对InterDigital和联想FRAND纠纷案作出裁决 On March 16, the dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo over FRAND licensing and terms has been ruled by the UK High Court which has ordered Lenovo to pay a FRAND rate of $138.7 million while also declaring both parties‘ previous offers as non-FRAND. InterDigital’s portfolio of patents have been declared essential to the 3G, 4G and 5G standards the judge has now determined that neither InterDigital’s so-called 5G Extended Offer, nor Lenovo’s so-called LumpSum Offer, are FRAND. Neither, says the judge, do the offers fall within what the court determines as the ‘FRAND range’. 3月16日，英国高等法院对InterDigital与联想之间关于FRAND授权和条款的纠纷做出了裁决，该法院命令，联想需支付1.387亿美元的FRAND费率，同时宣布双方之前的价格未遵循FRAND原则。InterDigital的专利组合已被认定为3G、4G和5G的标准必要专利。法官判定InterDigital所谓的5G扩展报价和联想所谓的一次性报价均不符合FRAND原则，这些报价也不属于法院判定的“FRAND范畴”。 6.Dish hit with $469 million verdict for infringing two patents held by ClearPlay Dish侵犯ClearPlay两项专利，被判赔4.69亿美元 Dish Network must pay $469 million for infringing two patents held by ClearPlay Inc related to filtering material from streaming video, a jury in U.S. federal court in Utah has decided. The jury reached its decision on Friday in ClearPlay‘s lawsuit against Dish, finding that Dish‘s AutoHop feature for skipping commercials on its Hopper set-top boxes is covered by ClearPlay‘s patents. While jurors found that Dish‘s technology violated ClearPlay‘s patent rights, they rejected ClearPlay‘s contention that Dish copied its technology intentionally. A Dish spokesperson said on Monday that the company was disappointed in the jury‘s decision and will contest the verdict, potentially through an appeal. 美国犹他州联邦法院的陪审团决定，Dish Network公司侵犯了ClearPlay公司拥有的两项专利, 必须支付4.69亿美元。这些专利涉及从流媒体视频中过滤材料。上周五，陪审团就ClearPlay对Dish的诉讼做出了裁决，裁定Dish在其Hopper机顶盒上跳过广告的AutoHop功能受ClearPlay的专利保护。虽然陪审员发现Dish的技术侵犯了ClearPlay的专利权，但驳回了ClearPlay关于Dish故意复制其技术的论点。Dish发言人周一表示，该公司对陪审团的决定感到失望，并将对裁决提出异议，可能会上诉。 7.Nissan Files New Trademark Applications for NFTs and the Metaverse 日产汽车为 NFT和元宇宙提交了新的商标申请 According to news on March 13, Nissan filed three new trademark applications for INFINITI, NISMO and NISSAN. The filings indicate the automobile manufacturer plans to offer virtual goods including clothing, headgear, trading cards, toys, tickets, and cars in the metaverse. Nissan will also launch a virtual store, an NFT marketplace and offer metaverse advertising covering online video, images, artwork, tickets, audio, sounds, and music. 3月13日消息，日产汽车为INFINITI， NISMO 和NISSAN提交了3个新商标申请。根据该商标申请，这家汽车制造商计划在元宇宙中提供包括服装、头套、交易卡、玩具、门票和汽车在内的虚拟商品。日产还将推出一个虚拟商店、一个NFT市场，并提供涵盖在线视频、图像、艺术品、门票、音频、声音和音乐的元宇宙广告。 Case Analysis 8.New Balance Trading (China) Co., Ltd. v. New Bunren (China) Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. et al “新百伦”商标侵权及不正当竞争纠纷案 Conventionally, the right to exclusive use of a trademark and the right to exclude others’ use of it are conferred at the same time. However, the effective date of the right to exclude others’ use through opposition proceedings is the date when the registration of the trademark is accepted, so the trademark owner can’t claim the right to exclude others’ use from the date when its right to exclusive use of a trademark becomes effective. 商标专用权和禁用权通常同时形成，但因经过商标异议程序获准注册的商标禁用权的取得时间为准予注册决定作出之日，故商标权人此时不能根据商标专用权起算时间主张禁用权。 Trademark rights and well-known product-specific decoration rights (decorations with certain influence) belong to different types of intellectual property rights. The well-known product-specific decoration rights that have been formed before trademark registration and have continued for many years are extended after trademark registration is approved. Right holders can also enjoy the unique decoration rights and trademark rights of well-known products that have been formed in advance. 商标权、知名商品特有装潢权（有一定影响的装潢权）分属不同的知识产权权利类型，商标获准注册前已在先形成并持续多年的知名商品特有装潢权利延及商标获准注册之后，权利人可同时享有在先形成的知名商品特有装潢权和商标权。 |
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