Gree responded to the second-instance court's denial that "it was ordered to compensate Oaks 58.49 million yuan": the false information has been rejected

The first-instance judgments of two cases involving invention patent infringement disputes between Oaks Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. and Gree Electric Appliances were recently announced

The ruling date of this case is August 2022. According to the judgment published by the Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, the plaintiff Oaks Company filed a lawsuit on the grounds that its "compressor" invention patent rights were infringed, requiring the defendant Gree Company to compensate for economic losses and reasonable rights protection fees, totaling 3996.17 Ten thousand yuan and 33.32 million yuan

The plaintiff claimed that the patent application was filed on August 11, 2000, and the authorization was announced on September 29, 2004, and was later transferred to Oaks Company. The defendant Gree argued that the patent involved in the case had been transferred three times, and Oaks had not fulfilled its burden of proof that it enjoyed continuous and complete rights during the period of alleged infringement. The compressor involved in the case was purchased by Gree Company from Zhuhai Lingda Compressor Co., Ltd. and paid a reasonable price. Gree Company has a legal source and does not assume liability for compensation.

After trial, the court held that within the validity period of the patent, Oaks Company, as the patentee of the invention patent involved, had the right to file an infringement lawsuit in accordance with the law. In the end, the court ruled that Gree Electric Appliances Company should compensate Oaks Company for economic losses and reasonable expenses of 33.03 million yuan and 25.46 million yuan respectively. A clarification statement was issued overnight to clarify the false information about "Oakes sued Gree for compensation for infringement." Gree said that after verification, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court made a second-instance final ruling on this series of cases on December 7 and 8, 2023. The judgment found that the patent purchased by Oaks It does not meet the authorization conditions and should be invalid

The judgment was announced to revoke the relevant judgments of Ningbo Intermediate People's Court and Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, and dismissed Oakes' prosecution

Gree also stated that

some media and platforms failed to fulfill their verification obligations and published false information, which has seriously infringed upon the company's legitimate rights and interests
• . Relevant information release platforms and media are requested to clarify in a timely manner and eliminate the negative impact. , the company will reserve the right to pursue legal liability.
  Related recommendations:
• Gree Electric Appliances was sentenced to compensate Oaks 167 million yuan for infringing patent rights. Dong Mingzhu once accused the latter of deceiving consumers
  Oaks was sentenced to compensate 167 million yuan Yuan, Gree responded that the patent is invalid and has filed an appeal

Oaks Company was sentenced to compensate Gree Company 40 million yuan for malicious infringement

The above is the detailed content of Gree responded to the second-instance court's denial that "it was ordered to compensate Oaks 58.49 million yuan": the false information has been rejected. For more information, please follow other related articles on the PHP Chinese website!