Recently, our firm won the second instance of an administrative lawsuit on invalidation declaration of a patent for invention, successfully having the patent fully invalidated by th...
Recently, our firm won the first instance of an administrative litigation case for invalidation of an invention patent, in which it is ruled that the invention patent should be comp...
Recently, a federal jury in New York ruled that Lululemon’s Chargefeel, Strongfeel, and Blissfeel shoe lines infringed Nike’s patents and ordered Lululemon to pay $355,000 in damages. The jury dismissed Nike’s other similar claims based on additional patents.
Nike filed the lawsuit in 2023, alleging patent infringement. Lululemon denied the allegations and argued the patents were invalid. (March 12, 2025, Lychee News)
Zhuhai CosMX Wins Final Ruling in Patent Dispute
Zhuhai CosMX’s recently published a statement on its patent dispute between Dongguan Amperex Technology Limited (ATL). The statement indicates that the Supreme People’s Court overturned the first-instance ruling by a Fuzhou court and dismissed ATL’s patent infringement lawsuit, making it the final judgement.
ATL had sued Zhuhai CosMX for patent infringement, claiming CNY 40.15 million (about USD 5.5 million) in damages. While during the proceedings, 14 of ATL’s patents were invalidated by China National Intellectual Property Administration. (March 14, 2025, caizhongshe.cn)
Ericsson and Lenovo Settle Global Patent Dispute
Ericsson and Lenovo have ended their global patent dispute through a cross-licensing agreement.
Ericsson announced a settlement with Lenovo by reaching a settlement to resolve their patent licensing dispute over a multi-year, global patent cross-license agreement between the two companies. “As part of the settlement, all ongoing lawsuits and administrative proceedings filed by both companies in several countries, including the actions pending before the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), will be withdrawn.”
The dispute over 4G and 5G patents began in the U.S. in October 2023 when Ericsson filed a lawsuit in North Carolina and later filed complaint to ITC. In Feb. 2024, Lenovo initiated proceedings before with UPC, while its subsidiary Motorola filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Ericsson before the Munich Regional Court.
In November 2023, Lenovo countersued in response to Ericsson’s initial U.S. patent infringement case and ITC complaint, requesting for a global cross-licensing agreement. However, Lenovo did not fight back by enforcing its own patents against Ericsson, but took an unconventional approach. Lenovo tried to centralize the disputes in London to seek a global FRAND cross-licensing ruling by the U.K. High Court. (April 8, 2025, Daily IP)
Unfair Competition
Unauthorized Use of Yuan Longping[1]’s Name on Rice Packaging Constitutes Unfair Competition – Typical Case by Supreme People’s Court
The Supreme People’s Court released the fifth batch of typical cases involving intellectual property in the seed industry. In one case, a company established unfair competition for using Yuan Longping’s name on rice packaging without authorization.
The case reveals that Yuan Longping had signed the “Yuan Longping Brand License Agreement” with an agricultural high-tech company, granting it exclusive rights to commercially use his name.
The company later discovered that two defendants were using the phrase “Guomi Wanniangong - Inscribed by Yuan Longping” on packaging and online promotions for their rice products. It subsequently filed a lawsuit requesting the defendants to immediately cease the unfair competition act and compensate for economic losses of CNY 1 million and reasonable costs CNY 100,000.
Shangrao Intermediate People’s Court, Jiangxi Province made first instance ruling, ordering the defendants to stop the act of producing and sale the package that bearing Yuan Longping’s name and signature; remove the promotional content that contains Yuan Longping’s name and signature; pay CNY 50,000 yuan in damages and reasonable costs. The defendants appealed against the decision.
Jiangxi High People’s Court, the second instance court held that using Yuan Longping’s name on products also constituted commercial use. The Academician Yuan Longping’s name carried significant public recognition and of great influential, that is the name with a certain influence. And the plaintiff held exclusive commercial rights to it. The defendants’ unauthorized use misled consumers into believing that its product had a certain connection with Yuan Longping or the plaintiff, causing business confusion. Such acts violated the principles of good faith and commercial ethics, damaged the legal rights of the plaintiff, and established unfair competition. The appeal was dismissed and fist instance judgment was upheld. (March 20, 2025, thepaper.cn/news)
Statistics
Over 1,000 Patents Filed for Humanoid Robots with over 200% surging in 2024
At the 2025 Embodied AI Robotics Development Conference, experts predicted the global humanoid robot market growth may exceed 30% annually. By 2030, China’s humanoid robot market size is anticipated to approach the trillion-yuan.
Statistics shows China has 1,021 patents related to humanoid robots. Applications surged by 276.47% in 2023 and 202.34% in 2024, reaching 128 and 387 respectively. Invention patents dominate at 61.61%, followed by utility models (29.09%) and designs (9.30%). (March 12, 2025, qcc.com)
[1] Yuan Longping (1930-2021), hailed as the 'Father of Hybrid Rice,' pioneered high-yield hybrid rice technology that revolutionized global food security. His scientific breakthroughs have fed hundreds of millions worldwide, particularly in developing nations, earning him UNESCO and World Food Prize honors for combating hunger.
