Meet the court!, Xiaomi and Huawei ZL201810188201.7 | Patent | Court
The China National Intellectual Property Administration announced on July 3 that Xiaomi had recently initiated a request for invalidation of Huawei's patent "ZL201810188201.7", which will be orally examined on July 21.
Xiaomi initiates a request for invalidation of Huawei patents
The oral examination will be conducted on July 21st
The name of the patent is "A lock screen method and mobile terminal", and it will be subject to oral examination on July 21.
Oral examination is a method in invention litigation, in which the invalid party and the invalidated party verbally state their views and reasons for the validity of their patents in court. Specifically, the invalid party requests invalidation of their patent and initiates invalidation proceedings. The invalid party shall make a defense, which is achieved through representatives of both parties presenting arguments in court.
It is reported that the name of the patent is "A lock screen method and mobile terminal", and the patent abstract shows that an embodiment of the present invention discloses a lock screen method.
Including: receiving instructions from users to light up the screen of the mobile terminal, and lighting up the screen of the mobile terminal; In the lock screen state, the first picture is called from the local picture stored by the mobile terminal to replace the preset lock screen background, wherein the first picture is downloaded or photographed by the user, or pushed to the mobile terminal by the server according to the user's preferences.
The present embodiment also discloses a mobile terminal. By adopting the present invention, automatic switching of the lock screen background can be achieved in the lock screen state. Users can see a new lock screen background as long as they light up the screen, thereby improving the variability and switching efficiency of the lock screen background, and enhancing the freshness of the lock screen for users.
According to the website of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the patent will be orally examined on July 21.
Huawei has officially proposed to Xiaomi
Administrative Adjudication on Patent Infringement Disputes
The patent dispute between Xiaomi and Huawei has been ongoing for a long time. According to the Announcement on Acceptance of Administrative Adjudication of Major Patent Infringement Disputes published by China Intellectual Property News on February 24, Huawei has formally filed an administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes against Xiaomi, and the case has been accepted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration.
The announcement shows that on January 17, 2023, the China National Intellectual Property Administration accepted the case of the respondent Xiaomi's infringement of four Chinese patents filed by Huawei, the petitioner. The four patents are:
Guo Zhi Bao Cai Zi [2023] No. 1: Patent No. ZL201110269715.3, Invention Name "Method and Device for Sending Control Signals";
Guo Zhi Bao Cai Zi [2023] No. 2: Patent No. ZL201010137731.2, Invention Name "Method, Base Station, and User Equipment for Feedback ACK/NACK Information during Carrier Aggregation";
Guo Zhi Bao Cai Zi [2023] No. 3: Patent number ZL201380073251.6, invention name "A method and terminal for obtaining panoramic images";
Guo Zhi Bao Cai Zi [2023] No. 4: Patent number ZL201810188201.7, invention name "A lock screen method and mobile terminal".
In recent years, Huawei has accelerated its pace of patent protection. On April 6th last year, Huawei Xinsheng Community released the minutes of the "Patent Licensing Business Report" issued by Ren Zhengfei, which stated: "Patent fees cannot be charged for the sake of charging; nor can they be charged too low. If they are charged too low, it will curb the innovation of the entire society. No one is willing to invest in research and development anymore, which will form our factual monopoly and do not comply with the principle of fairness, reasonableness, and non discrimination required by law."
