Sun lighting provoke lawsuit: wrong printing aftermarket phone, suspected counterfeit packaging design

Just concluded a patent lawsuit, the sun once again suffered a patent infringement.

It is learned that a company called Archipelago Lighting Inc (hereinafter referred to as ALI) of the American company in the United States on October 13, 2016, on suspicion of plagiarism, fraud and unfair competition "name, formally charged Yankon. At present, the transnational litigation has been accepted by the California central court.

According to the indictment, ALI believes Yankon for Lloyd's delivery of Kichler brand LED products, the packaging design of suspected counterfeit ALI, and the customer service phone number printed to ALI customer service phone number.

Yankon dongmi Zhao Fanghua responded that indeed there are some products will be customer service phone number printed, but the packaging of the patent ownership problem remains to be discussed.

Customer service phone misprint

Public data shows, Lloyd's is the second largest Home Furnishing decoration chain stores, and Kichler is a lighting brand sales lloyd. ALI and Yankon has protocol for the Kichler product supply again to lloyd.

ALI said that from August this year began to receive phone consumers, reflected by the Kichler brand LED products ALI production after the power supply is switched on, touch the "tingling" feeling, or the product can not be used normally.

ALI person in charge Victor Deng said, ALI and Kichler had a trademark licensing agreement, and an order for the design of the product packaging, but the agreement was halted, so there is no ALI related products to enter the market. VictorDeng introduction, ALI subsequently found that consumers said LED products, its producers are the sun lighting, and the phone is printed on the aftermarket ALI phone.

"Yes, the phone number wrong, then I asked, is really wrong, is ALI. "Zhao Fanghua said, Yankon produced a number of products, because the employees did not pay attention to customer service phone number, the resulting product supply to lloyd. However, after the discovery of the problem, the sun lighting has been modified after the sale of the phone, but the front out, is really out of the".

August 25th, ALI issued a lawyer's letter, requiring the sun to stop all of the lighting in the United States, packaging, printed with ALI phone number of Kichler brand LED products. This reporter to Lloyd's confirmation, but as of press time did not get a reply.

Victor Deng said, for the above two problems, he had to reflect the Lloyd's and Kichler, but the Lloyd's procurement official told him, do not know the phone number of a misprint, said Yankon told Lloyd, printed on the product's customer service telephone number is purchased from the ALI.

Zhao Fanghua responded, specific business matters is not clear, this is the ALI and Lloyd's and Kichler exchange after the argument, but they do not know how to communicate.

Victor Deng said that in order to prevent the ALI on the back of the corresponding burden, decided to sue the United States in the United States and its subsidiaries, three companies in Dallas.

The reoccurrence of product patent disputes

ALI sued sun lighting, but also believes that the use of the original ALI designed for Kichler packaging.

"We have the right to design, we have the exclusive right. "Victor Deng said, the outer packing of the product is designed by ALI, initially received orders in Lloyd, Lloyd's ALI is allowed to use the Kichler brand to the product packaging design.

Victor Deng recalls, ALI and Kichler signed a trademark license agreement, but Victor Deng has not been able to provide reporters with ALI and Kichler two party signature official trademark license agreement. According to the unsigned agreement shows that ALI is the only authorized supplier of Kichler, and ALI need to bear the cost of external packaging design.

In August 30th, Yankon lawyer Wang Junwei in the lawyer's letter in reply, Yankon Lloyd's Kichler brand to the production and supply of LED products, the Kichler trademark authorized by the packaging is a professional company specializing in product packaging design in the design, and finally through the verification of the Kichler.

Kichler relevant responsible person said, Kichler suppliers have more than and 50, ALI and sun lighting litigation dispute did not know, the specific circumstances of the reporter contacted the legal staff Kichler. However, the reporter and so on for nearly a week, as of press time ago, has not yet received a reply Kichler legal personnel.

Zhao Fanghua said that the overall supply of the lawsuit involved is not much, this order Yankon and Lloyd in the realization of revenue is estimated at 30 million yuan. Zhao Fanghua also believes that the Yankon abroad mainly by manufacturing, the lawsuit has little influence on the enterprise itself, the lawsuit will not affect the Yankon and Lloyd's cooperation with Kichler.

As the first private listed companies in the lighting industry, the overseas market is very important to its performance. According to the semi annual report disclosed in 2016, the main market share of solar lighting in Europe and the United States, where North American operating income of 473 million yuan, accounting for more than 22%.

Zhao Fanghua also said that the current lighting in the United States has received a subsidiary of ALI lawsuit, and the company headquarters because of the time difference, has not yet received.

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