Fangben Patent Case Selected into 50 Model IP Cases by the Supreme People's Court of the P.R.C for 2019
方本代理的专利案件入选2019年最高人民法院50件典型知识产权案例
Recently, General Office of the Supreme People's Court of the P.R.C released the TOP TEN Intellectual Property Cases and FIFTY Model Intellectual Property Cases, which were adjudicated in China’s courts in 2019. Among them is the advance execution in a design patent infringement case (litigants:Zhengzhou Yetou Network Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Tmall Network Co., Ltd., Ding Xiaomei and Nantong Suao Textile Co., Ltd.) [Civil Ruling of Jiangsu Nanjing Intermediate People's Court (2019) Su 01 First Instance No. 687]. The defendant Zhengzhou Yetou Network Technology Co., Ltd. was represented by attorneys-at-law Wang Yuping and Luo Shunyao, excellentFangben patent team members. The case is known as China’s first reverse act preservation injunction case.
日前，最高人民法院办公厅公布了2019年中国法院10大知识产权案件和50件典型知识产权案例，其中，郑州曳头网络科技有限公司与浙江天猫网络有限公司、丁晓梅、南通苏奥纺织品有限公司侵害外观设计专利权纠纷先予执行案〔江苏省南京市中级人民法院（2019）苏01民初687号民事裁定书〕成功入选，方本专利团队汪玉平和骆顺耀两位律师代理郑州曳头网络科技有限公司，该案被业界称为国内首例“反向行为保全案”。
Among those cases issued by the Supreme People's Court of the P.R.C, there are 11 cases related to patent rights, and this case is 1 of the 11.
在最高院发布的全部案件中，与专利权相关的案件有11件，本案是其中之一。
Case Brief | 案情概要
The Defendant Zhengzhou Yetou Network Technology Co., Ltd. is a merchant selling mosquito nets on the online shopping platform Tmall. In early March 2019, the Plaintiff Ding Xiaomei complained to Tmall that the said mosquito nets infringed upon one of her design patents thereof and requested Tmall to delete sales links involved of the products. Fangben patent team aggressively prepared counter-notification materials on behalf of the Defendant, and successfully saved the Defendant's sales links on Tmall. However, as the Plaintiff filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court in early April 2019 and complained to Tmall again, Tmall deleted the sales links in accordance with provisions in the E-Commerce Law of the People's Republic of China (2018).
被告郑州曳头网络科技有限公司是天猫网购平台上的商户，销售蚊帐产品，2019年3月初，原告丁晓梅向天猫投诉被告销售的蚊帐产品侵犯其一项外观设计专利权，要求天猫删除涉案产品的销售链接。方本专利团队代表被告积极准备申诉材料，据理力争，使得被告的销售链接依然保留在天猫网购平台。但因为原告于2019年4月初向南京市中级人民法院提起专利侵权诉讼并再次向天猫投诉，天猫根据《中华人民共和国电子商务法》(2018)的相关规定删除了销售链接。
At the end of May 2019, the case was heard by the court. During the court trial, design feature comparison and presentation of arguments, Fangben patent team convincingly proved that the Defendant’s products in dispute were neither the equivalent nor resemble the patent in question, and therefore did not constitute infringement of the patent right in question.
2019年5月底本案进行了开庭申请，经过庭审质证、设计特征比对和辩论，方本专利团队力证被告的涉案产品与涉案专利既不相同也不近似，因此不构成侵犯涉案专利专利权。
The products in controversy fall into the category of seasonable products for summer and then were in the peak season, and the judgment in this case would not yet be made for a period of time. In order to mitigate the client’s losses, Fangben submitted an application for preliminary ruling to the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court on behalf of the Defendant, requesting the court to rule that Tmall restore all the links of the client’s products on its online shopping platform. Because such application for preliminary ruling as applied by Fangben on behalf of the Defendant was the first in China, the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court attached great importance to it. After many rounds of internal discussions and studies, it finally admitted Fangben’s application and made this first domestic ruling. The preliminary ruling is of great significance in fighting back malicious complaints on the Internet e-commerce platform and preventing malicious litigation.
由于涉案产品属于夏季季节性产品，当时属于销售旺季，且本案判决尚需一段时间做出，因此，为避免被告损失进一步扩大，方本代表被告向南京中级人民法院提出了先予执行的申请，即申请法院裁定天猫先予恢复客户的涉案产品在其网购平台上的全部链接。由于此种由被告申请的先予执行裁定申请在国内尚属首次，南京市中级人民法院非常重视，经过多次内部讨论研究后，最终同意方本的申请，做出了此份国内首份裁定。该先予执行裁定对于打击互联网电商平台上的恶意投诉、防止恶意诉讼等方面具有积极意义。
On October 20, 2019, the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court issued (2019) Su 01 First Instance No. 687 Civil Judgment and dismissed all of the Plaintiff Ding Xiaomei's claims. Ding Xiaomei appealed the first-instance judgment tothe Jiangsu Provincial High People’s Court to overturn the tribunal's ruling, or vetoing it, but later withdrew her case. On March 19, 2020, the Jiangsu Provincial High People's Court made (2019) Civil Ruling Su Final Instance No. 1822, allowing Ding Xiaomei to withdraw her appeal. The case has been successfully closed by Fangben's patent team, who always strongly safeguards the legitimate interests of clients. Fangben will continue to provide clients with premier quality legal services.
2019年10月20日，南京市中级人民法院作出（2019）苏01民初687号民事判决，驳回原告丁晓梅的全部诉讼请求。丁晓梅不服一审判决，向江苏省高级人民法院提起上诉，后又申请撤诉，2020年3月19日，江苏省高级人民法院作出（2019）苏民终1822号民事裁定，准许丁晓梅撤回上诉。至此，本案结束，方本专利团队有力地维护了客户的合法利益，方本也将一如既往地为客户提供优质的法律服务。
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Links of the TOP TEN IP cases and FIFTY model IP cases in China’s courts for year 2019 released by the Supreme People's Court of the P.R.C:
最高院2019年中国法院10大知识产权案件和50件典型知识产权案例的链接：
2019年中国法院10大知识产权案件和50件典型知识产权案例
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