Huawei sued Verizon. Tell me about the lawsuits in the automobile circle.

On February 6th, Huawei announced that it had sued Verizon, an American operator, in the East and West District Court of Texas, requesting the court to find Verizon infringed on 12 patents authorized by Huawei in the United States, and at the same time demanding Verizon to compensate Huawei for its patent infringement.

Song Liuping, chief legal officer of Huawei, said that Verizon benefited from infringing products and damaged Huawei's research and development achievements for many years. It is reported that Huawei's annual investment in R&D accounts for 65,438+00 ~ 65,438+05% of its revenue. In the past decade, the cumulative R&D expenditure has exceeded 70 billion US dollars, and there are more than 80,000 patents worldwide, of which only the United States has exceeded 1 10,000.

Speaking of Huawei, everyone knows it in China. It can be said that Huawei has always been the pride of Chinese people. It insists on giving back to consumers with technology and products, and represents China Zhizao to the world. This time, Huawei sued Verizon, which is regarded as a domestic technology company showing its sword to the world powers and quickly boarding the hot search. In fact, when it comes to litigation, not only disputes between technology companies continue, but also car companies often go to court. Today, we will continue Huawei's lawsuit against Verizon and look at the lawsuit between auto companies!

Geely sued Weimar

When it comes to Geely suing Weimar, everyone will be familiar with it. After all, this is a dispute between a traditional OEM and an emerging car company. People have been talking for a long time about whether these two forces can coexist. With the decline of the market, it finally came, but Geely fired the first shot.

As early as last September, according to the information on the website of Shanghai Higher People's Court, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Geely Automobile Research Institute sued Weimar Automobile Technology Group, Weimar Smart Travel Technology, Weimar Automobile Manufacturing Wenzhou Company and Weimar New Energy Automobile Sales Company for infringing trade secrets. This is not only the first intellectual property infringement case initiated by an independent car company in China, but also the claim amount is as high as 2 1 100 million yuan. Judging from the amount of claim for intellectual product disputes in China automobile industry, this amount is the highest so far.

On September 17, the case was formally heard in Shanghai Higher People's Court. Because the case was heard in private and a confidentiality agreement was signed, not much information was released in the end, and the result was unknown. However, judging from Weimar President Freeman Shen's reply that "there is no infringement, we are confident to win this lawsuit", Weimar is confident to win this lawsuit. As for the final result, both car companies remain silent, and the outside world is waiting for the day when the truth comes out.

Land Rover sued Lu Feng.

This patent dispute between Jaguar Land Rover and Jiangling Land Wind is almost the first case in China to win the patent protection of automobile design. Speaking of land breeze, you may not be familiar with it, but you are absolutely familiar with it. After all, it was a hot time, and the sales volume exceeded 10,000 in two weeks after listing. Many car owners ridiculed that "Land Rover can't buy it, just look at whether Landwind is too enjoyable". We can see the similarities between Landwind X7 and Land Rover by teasing the owner.

Faced with this situation, Land Rover took Lu Feng's plagiarism to court in a rage, but unfortunately it didn't win the case that year. However, Land Rover did not give up and persistently collected evidence and data. Finally, at the beginning of March last year, Land Rover finally won the battle with Landwind. According to the ruling of the Chaoyang District Court, the Landwind X7 produced in jiangling motors, China was ordered to stop production immediately because the design of five vehicles copied from Land Rover Aurora. The production, sales and marketing promotion of Landwind X7 were ordered to stop immediately, and jiangling motors will also pay compensation to Jaguar Land Rover.

Land Rover successfully sued Lu Feng, which is regarded as a classic case of China's independent automobile brand "shanzhai history". It also warned independent brands not to repeat the same mistakes, and all imitations and cottage designs may be prosecuted. It is necessary to improve the originality of vehicles and upgrade their own technology.

Sichuan Wild Horse sued Ford.

All along, we only look at cases where joint venture brands sue their own brands, and cases where independent brands sue joint venture brands rarely appear. After all, our own brand started late in the automobile industry and lacked the right to speak in this industry. Of course, everything has an example, such as Sichuan Mustang suing Ford Motor Company.

As early as 20 16, Sichuan Mustang Automobile Co., Ltd. sued Ford Motor (China) Co., Ltd. for trademark infringement of Ford Mustang, demanding compensation of RMB100000 yuan. After two years of litigation, the Chengdu Intermediate People's Court finally made a first-instance judgment, and Sichuan Yema Automobile Co., Ltd. won the case and received compensation of 6,543,800 yuan.

Let's look at this lawsuit now. The outcome remains to be discussed, but it is definitely a win-win situation. First of all, although the two are in court, they have different positioning and there is no direct competition. No matter who wins or loses, it will not affect sales. In addition, both of them got some public attention, and the final headline was so simple that they won their own exposure.

Why do car companies' lawsuits appear frequently?

In fact, there are numerous disputes between automobile manufacturers. I won't list them one by one. Let's discuss it, because lawsuits between car companies will often appear. In my opinion, all this stems from the intensification of market competition. If there are only a few car companies in the world, they will live in peace without too many disputes. After all, they can make money lying down. Who has the heart to go to court?

Nowadays, the market competition is intensified. Whoever has mastered the core technology will have the right to speak, so as to be in an invincible position. It can be said that protecting the core technology is to protect your lifeline. Therefore, for copying or borrowing their own products, major car companies will inevitably seek justice for themselves, even at the expense of litigation. This is not only a way for car companies to safeguard their rights and interests, but also makes those lucky models have nowhere to escape.

Generally speaking, both Huawei and car companies have defended their rights and interests to varying degrees and even filed lawsuits with the intensification of market competition. In the future, we believe that there will be more and more lawsuits, so that more car companies can take legal weapons to protect themselves.

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