Seven days to acquire nearly 220 pieces of LED related overseas patents

According to intellectual property news, the day before, seven days (Beijing) Consulting Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as seven days) has announced the successful acquisition of Seiko (Seiko) company nearly 220 patents in the field of LCD technology, LED and OLED, these patents will be used mainly for domestic operations. Experts said that through the involvement of professional intermediaries can effectively help domestic enterprises to improve the efficiency and quality of access to foreign patents, reduce the cost and risk of domestic enterprises overseas patent acquisitions. At the same time, it helps to broaden the channels for Chinese enterprises to obtain overseas patents.

Domestic enterprises overseas patent shortage

In fact, from the current development of the domestic part of the industry context, there is a widespread introduction of foreign technology and digestion, and gradually realize the autonomy of the industry, and then seek overseas development of this process. In the seven days, the acquisition of LCD LED patent field as an example, the current global LCD industry has basically formed in Japan and South Korea, the Three Kingdoms China pattern. Statistics show that as of now, the most active in the world patent market in the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries of the enterprise has a number of LCD United States patent more, in a leading position, Chinese submitted by the applicant for us patent less.

Inversely proportional to the amount of applications, China's LCD industry in terms of production capacity ranking, becoming the most important LCD industry product processing and export. "Seven days Longxiang chairman in an China intellectual property news reporters.

With the expansion of market share and the improvement of profitability, LCD manufacturers in mainland China are increasingly facing the pressure of intellectual property rights from international competitors. Therefore, has emerged in the development of industry, the patent application is relatively backward and the risk of overseas litigation cases, China's LCD industry overseas patent application number and domestic enterprises rapid development momentum does not match, domestic enterprises need to make up the short board of overseas patent.

It is understood that seven days of overseas prey, but also caused a lot of attention of domestic enterprises. "For the seven days of the acquisition of patents we are currently evaluating, Seiko is very competitive with its rivals, in a liquid crystal display, liquid crystal display with the globalization of the market and diversified products, mobile phone LCD device etc.. As the subject of the operation, the series of patents involved in the product, the legal status and the area is very important, we look forward to more information, the follow-up may try to carry out cooperation with seven days. LED Industry Patent Alliance Secretariat Deputy Secretary General Wang Hua said in an interview with this reporter, LED lighting and derivatives industry patent concentration and reserves will become the norm, LED industry patent alliance itself is also actively carry out the "LED industry patent protection collection plan".

Give play to the professional advantages of intermediaries

Reporters learned in the interview, at present, the domestic enterprises to build overseas patent pool, the vast majority of patent applications submitted to the main, in rare cases, supplemented by overseas patent acquisitions. The overseas patent expensive, there are institutional barriers, the reason for the acquisition is difficult, but also because enterprises lack the ability to patent acquisition information sources and channels as well as screening, bargaining and other aspects of the patent. In recent years, although there are successful cases of overseas acquisitions of domestic patents, but are such as HUAWEI, Lenovo, Alibaba and other giant enterprises, SMEs are rarely heard.

It can be predicted that with the increasing demand for overseas patents in some industries and enterprises in China, the demand for overseas patent acquisitions will increase. Through the involvement of the patent agency, it can give full play to its own advantages and meet the actual needs of enterprises with professional services. "Lung Cheung said that he found in the negotiations with the Japanese company process, because the Japanese domestic LCD industry shrinking, many enterprises have the intention to sell the patent, the patent resource has been in other countries and regions of non patent entity (NPE) aimed at, and once these patents are overseas" patent trolls "access that is likely to be launched a patent infringement lawsuit to the enterprise Chinese weapons, so as to cause huge losses China LED enterprise and industry.

"In the role of intellectual property increasingly prominent, specialized agencies engaged in the operation is the inevitable product of patent, patent operators have their own advantages and channels, the future we hope to strengthen cooperation with domestic and foreign institutions in the'LED industry patent protection, patent information collection plan" development and utilization, and the formation of patent pool to improve the quality of strengthening exchanges, to jointly improve the domestic LED enterprises and Industry Patent Competitive Ability for the domestic enterprises' going out 'to provide intellectual property protection and services. Wang Hua said.

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