16 Zhongshan Lighting Factory suspected to be accused of infringement "fishing forensics"

"You have 6 products suspected of design patent infringement, please on time in November 7th to Zhongshan City Intermediate People's court." Factories for more than 10 years Zhang Lianghong in Guzhen lighting industry recently because of alleged design patent infringement once again received a court summons, different from the appearance of the product is only 1 years ago the alleged infringement, the total of 6 products. Zhang Lianghong said, they received the court leaflets not a lighting business, this group of 16. Speaking of design patent infringement, we in the lighting industry more than 10 years of hard work, the same general is puzzling is a circular design, and the appearance of the product in the market circulation is a very common thing, but the defendant infringement."

Was sentenced to infringement of patent application is successful

In July 2012, Zhang Lianghong for the first time since the alleged design patent infringement received a court summons, the sun Minfeng told her a design infringement of lighting, the court Zhang Liang Hong lost, compensation of 60 thousand yuan. "After losing, I feel more and more can not be reconciled, obviously on the market for a long time, a universal design, how can design for infringement? I have lost this product to apply for patents, did not think even the application is successful, the cost of patent applications is only a few hundred dollars, while losing compensation fee is 60 thousand yuan." Zhang Lianghong said that the design loses products, actually can also apply for patent, which makes the industry more obscure, the design patent in the lighting industry standard in the end is how to develop?

"At that time was lost lost, after all, is only a product, when to buy himself a lesson." Zhang Lianghong said, after all, the product design, will apply for a patent, did not expect that received a court summons again, and there are 6 products suspected of infringement of the plaintiff or the previous appearance, Sun Minfeng, this is not only a professional lighting enterprise they accused, also accused the other 15, Zhang Lianghong told reporters. "We go to court inquiry, this is only the first batch of the enterprise, and the second batch of the enterprises, a total of more than 60 companies because of the appearance of infringement defendant, the plaintiff is Sun Minfeng."

Companies specializing in the patent claim

"He is the legal loopholes drilled, malicious acts of the claim," also told reporters in the list of defendants inside a lighting business owner Liu Daozan, their 16 defendants suspected of enterprise inquiry between the appearance of infringement style, which has 6 companies for the same shape of the defendant, among them, a most enterprises have 8 products accused of design infringement.

Liu Daozan gave all calculations, a form of patent claims 60 thousand yuan, Sun Minfeng because of a patent on this list would be 6 if successful, it means that he will get 360 thousand yuan compensation, but his patent cost is how much money, a few hundred dollars, this business to where do? More importantly, the so-called design patents he applied, is the general appearance, the market has been in circulation for a long time to make money, he specially drilled legal loopholes. Liu Daozan then showed reporters its products on the company's website and order date, product transaction, date display than the patent Minfeng sun earlier.

"Sun Minfeng is now exclusively through patent claims and then tell the lighting business behavior to eat, these years do not know how to home lighting factory." Liu Daozan said, affected by the environment, now the lighting industry is really hard to do, since this year, if a malicious claim can survive, the developers do not do lighting industry, have to walk this road, malicious claim.

"Fishing evidence" by peer hate

The plaintiff is how to obtain evidence? He hired foreigners, disguised as foreign investors to purchase samples, so as to obtain relevant evidence, bank accounts and transactions. "A light show my sales price is 20 yuan, sun Minfeng hired foreigners, pretending to be said to start purchasing a foreign sample sent back to check, because the company purchases, all the money is go through a bank account, bank account number, Sun Minfeng in order to obtain invoices and other evidence of the transaction." Zhang Lianghong Tongsu, who know that the company did not wait for foreign orders, but received a court summons. Zhang Lianghong told reporters that the price of 20 Yuan lighting products, net profit of 2 yuan will be very happy, thought to have foreign procurement, who know fishing forensics, this product is now have claims 60 thousand yuan, we will produce much light to the amount of compensation.

"6 products a total of 360 thousand yuan, we as small and medium-sized enterprises, a year hard to feed more than 30 workers, how many years can earn 360 thousand yuan." Zhang Lianghong complain.

The defendant's products really infringement? The evidence is really so? The reporter repeatedly call Sun Minfeng phone, after the call is connected, immediately shows the voice call is busy, cannot achieve a direct dialogue.

Has received millions of compensation

"I know Sun Minfeng, in the lighting industry and the legal system are quite famous." Once in the city intermediate people's Court of the executive bureau is responsible for the work of the judge Jiang told reporters that in recent years, led by Sun Minfeng's team, in the design patent infringement claims, the intermediate people's court ruling executive payment has millions yuan.

The judge Jiang analysis, from the legal point of view, this batch of 16 suspected appearance patent infringement Officer