Chinese DVD company sued 3C coalition in early April in the United States hearing

China DVD company sued the 3C alliance case is expected to be at the beginning of April in the United States California court hearing, the two China enterprise that the prosecution will with SONY, PHILPS will be in the courts.

Chinese enterprise legal counsel Huang Yanbin yesterday (16 May) to the first Financial Daily reporters revealed this information. Huang Yanbin said the indictment has been sent to the U.S. Department of LG and Pioneer Co headquarters in Japan, LG, Pioneer Co need to make a reply in one or two months.

Not long ago, the direction of the United States Court of California on the use of invalid patent PHILPS put forward new evidence. Specifically, PHILPS is a patent has been abandoned in July 24, 2003, still on the 3C union patent pool, in violation of the U.S. Patent Office will allow it to the core and necessary patent into the patent pool principle. Therefore, the Chinese side suggested that PHILPS should stop the collection of relevant patent fees.

It is reported that the United States will be in California court hearing on the case in April to become a class action to make a statement. Huang Yanbin is expected, after the hearing, if the court sentenced the case as a class action, the next step is to carry out a lengthy and complex forensics process. This case will continue for six months to two years.

PHILPS Chinese brand management and Communications Group senior director Sun Jishan said in a telephone interview with reporters yesterday, all the way PHILPS accord with China patent regulations, because the case has entered the legal process, so inconvenient to comment too much.