亚马逊或面临高达数千亿美元的反垄断罚款; 中国电池相关专利领跑全球; 通用电气与西门子歌美飒就风机专利纠纷达成和解
编辑制作：China IP 国际部
录音：李秀琴
Overview
一周概览
Focus
1. China leads global battery patent race for post-lithium-ion era
后锂离子电池时代，中国电池相关专利领跑全球
2. KIPO to establish semiconductor patent examination task force
韩国知识产权局将成立半导体审查特别工作组
3. Amazon faces hundreds of billions of antitrust fines
亚马逊或面临高达数千亿美元的反垄断罚款
4. Intellectual property applications in Philippines up 3.7% in 2022
2022年菲律宾知识产权申请量增长3.7%
IP Practice
5. China's top intellectual property court handles 18% more cases in 2022
最高人民法院知识产权法庭2022年受理案件数量增长18%
6. GE settles wind turbine patent disputes with Siemens Gamesa
通用电气与西门子歌美飒就风机专利纠纷达成和解
7. Arbutus files patent lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech over COVID vaccines
Arbutus指控辉瑞、BioNTech新冠疫苗侵犯其专利
8. Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images
Meta发布最新人工智能模型，可从图像中识别单个物体
Case Analysis
9. Wuhan Jianghan District Laowancheng Trading Co., Ltd. v. Wuhan Municipal Administration for Market Regulation et al.
“老万成”老字号商标行政撤销纠纷案
Focus
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China leads global battery patent race for post-lithium-ion era
后锂离子电池时代，中国电池相关专利领跑全球
China ranked first in battery patents in the post-lithium-ion era, accounting for more than half of the world's total, according to statistics over the past decade published by Nikkei Asia. Nikkei commissioned the Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute for an analysis using the patent analysis tool from LexisNexis. According to the analysis, there were 9,862 global patents in force as of December. In terms of country, China ranked first with 5,486 patents, accounting for more than 50% of the total. Japan was next with 1,192 patents, followed by the U.S.(719), South Korea(595) and France(128). China also stands out in the ranking of patents by organization. It has seven institutions in the top 10, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world's largest maker of automotive batteries.
据日经新闻统计过去十年的数据显示，后锂离子电池时代，中国相关电池专利居全球首位，占一半以上。日经新闻委托三井物产战略研究所进行了分析，根据该机构利用美国LexisNexis的专利分析工具的分析结果显示，截至2022年12月，全球有效相关电池专利总计9862项。其中，按国家来看，排在首位的是中国，持有专利5486项，占整体的50%以上。其次是日本、美国、韩国和法国，分别为1192项、719项、595项及128项。按机构来看，中国有7家机构跻身前十，其中包括中科院和全球最大的汽车电池制造商宁德时代。
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KIPO to establish semiconductor patent examination task force
韩国知识产权局将成立半导体审查特别工作组
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has revealed that it will be establishing a Semiconductor Examination Task Force that will be dedicated to reviewing patents related to chip technology. The patent office and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Tuesday that the amendment to the former’s organizational structure aimed at establishing the Semiconductor Review Task Force was passed during a cabinet meeting. Once the task force is fully operational, it will help ensure a thorough examination of the entire chip industry, while contributing to establishing a dense patent network for local companies' state-of-the-art semiconductor technologies. With the establishment of the task force, the KIPO's patent review bureau will be expanded from five to six divisions. The task force will consist of six departments and teams.
韩国知识产权局（KIPO）表示，将成立一个半导体审查特别工作组，以审查与芯片技术相关的专利。KIPO及内政安全部周二称，对KIPO旨在建立半导体审查特别工作组的组织结构更改决定是在一次内阁会议上通过的。工作组全面运作后，将有助于确保对整个芯片行业进行全面检查，同时为当地公司最先进的半导体技术建立一个密集的专利网络。随着特别工作组的成立，KIPO的专利审查局将从5个部门扩大到6个部门。而该工作组将由6个小组组成。
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Amazon faces hundreds of billions of antitrust fines
亚马逊或面临高达数千亿美元的反垄断罚款
Amazon could face hundreds of billions of antitrust fines following two court rulings, according to news on March 31. A San Francisco Superior Court judge has refused to dismiss a suit against Amazon by the state of California that accuses the e-commerce giant of abusing its dominant position and violating California's market competition laws by using improper means to suppress third-party sellers, block market competition and drive up online prices. The ruling came a week after a federal judge in Seattle allowed a similar suit to proceed on behalf of consumers in California and 17 other states. The suits, if successful, could force Amazon to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in damages. The suit by consumers in 18 states claims potential damages between $55 billion and $172 billion. California suit calls for refunds to the state's consumers, financial penalties against Amazon, and a court order prohibiting the challenged practices.
3月31日消息，继两项最新的法院裁决后，亚马逊可能面临高达数千亿美元的反垄断罚款。旧金山高等法院的法官近日拒绝驳回加利福尼亚州对亚马逊提起的反垄断诉讼，该诉讼指控亚马逊滥用自己的主导地位，违反加州的市场竞争法，以不正当手段打压第三方卖家，阻碍市场竞争，抬高网上物价。此前一周，西雅图的一名联邦法官也允许代表加州和其他17个州的消费者提起类似的诉讼。如果诉讼成功，亚马逊可能会被迫支付数千亿美元的损害赔偿金。18个州提起的反垄断诉讼索赔在550亿美元至1720亿美元之间。加州的诉讼虽未明确索赔额，但要求亚马逊向该州消费者退款，对亚马逊进行经济处罚，并禁止亚马逊的不公平行为。
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Intellectual Property applications in Philippines up 3.7% in 2022
2022年菲律宾知识产权申请量增长3.7%
Driven by the strong growth momentum of the country's economy, Intellectual Property applications reached 48,259 in 2022, up 3.7 percent from the previous year, according to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). The office reported that trademark and patent filings, as well as copyright registrations, achieved all time-high last year. Trademark applications accounted for the bulk of the filings at 41,235, four percent more than the previous year. Of the total 61 percent were by residents and 39 percent by non-residents. " Bulk of trademark filings were in pharmaceutical, health and cosmetic products (with an 18.4 percent share), followed by agricultural products and services (16.6 percent) and scientific research, information and communication technology (14.9 percent)," the office said.
根据菲律宾知识产权局（IPOPHL）的数据，受该国经济强劲增长势头的推动，菲律宾2022年知识产权申请达48259项，比前一年增长了3.7%。IPOPHL报告称，去年商标、专利申请以及版权注册量都达到了历史最高水平。其中，商标申请占比最高，为41235份，比前一年增长了4%。其中，当地居民申请量占61%，非当地居民申请量占39%。IPOPHL称：大部分的商标申请都集中在制药、健康和化妆品领域（占18.4%），其次是农产品和服务领域（16.6%），以及科学研究、信息和通信技术领域（14.9%）。
IP Practice
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China's top intellectual property court handles 18% more cases in 2022
最高人民法院知识产权法庭2022年受理案件数量增长18%
The Intellectual Property Court of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) handled 6,183 cases in 2022, up 18% from 2021, according to a report released by the SPC last Thursday. Of the new cases handled in 2022, 1,338 concerned strategic emerging industries, accounting for 30.4% of the total new cases, 3.5% higher than that in 2021. Among them, cases involving the new generation of information technology, biomedicine, high-end equipment manufacturing, standard essential patents, drug patent linkage, integrated circuit layout design, and new plant varieties, increased markedly, said the report.
最高人民法院30日发布知识产权法庭年度报告（2022）。报告显示，2022年，法庭共受理案件6183件，与2021年相比，受案数量增长18%。在新收案件中，涉战略新兴产业案件1338件，占全部新收案件的30.4%，较2021年提高3.5个百分点。其中，涉新一代信息技术、生物医药、高端装备制造、标准必要专利、药品专利链接、集成电路布图设计、植物新品种等新产业、新领域案件明显增多。
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GE settles wind turbine patent disputes with Siemens Gamesa
通用电气与西门子歌美飒就风机专利纠纷达成和解
General Electric has settled all its outstanding wind turbine technology patent disputes in the United States and Europe with Siemens Gamesa, the companies said last Friday. Terms of the settlement, which was described as amicable, were not disclosed. Under the deal, the companies and their subsidiaries will receive cross licenses for the patents in question. Siemens Gamesa had sued GE for patent infringement in 2020 over the latter's Haliade-X turbines. Last year, a Boston federal judge barred GE from making and selling its Haliade-X wind turbines in the United States, after a jury found they infringed a patent owned by Siemens Gamesa. But GE was allowed to continue making and operating the turbines for existing projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and New Jersey with royalty payments to Siemens Gamesa.
通用电气上周五宣布，已与西门子歌美飒就两家公司在美国和欧洲所有的风机技术专利纠纷达成和解。双方并未披露和解的具体条款，但据悉是友好和解。根据和解协议，两家公司及其子公司将获得相关专利的交叉许可。西门子歌美飒曾在2020年起诉通用电气的Haliade-X涡轮机侵犯了其专利。去年，波士顿一名联邦法官在陪审团裁定这些涡轮机侵犯了西门子歌美飒的一项专利后，禁止通用电气在美国制造和销售其涡轮机。但通用电气被允许继续为马萨诸塞州和新泽西州海岸附近的现有项目制造和提供涡轮机，并向西门子歌美飒支付专利使用费。
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Arbutus files patent lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech over COVID vaccines
Arbutus指控辉瑞、BioNTech新冠疫苗侵犯其专利
On Tuesday, Canadian biotech Arbutus Biopharma sued U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE in a New Jersey district court, claiming their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines infringe five of Arbutus' patents related to the use of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology to carry and transfer genetic material into the body. Arbutus, along with its licensee Genevant Sciences, is seeking damages, including reasonable royalties. The lawsuit by Arbutus and Genevant says Pfizer and BioNTech engaged in licensing discussions for the technology but they did not "result in a settlement". Arbutus Biopharma had also sued Moderna Inc in the Delaware federal court last year, claiming the latter's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine also infringes its patents.
本周二，加拿大生物制药公司Arbutus Biopharma 在新泽西州地方法院对美国制药商辉瑞公司及其德国合作伙伴 BioNTech SE提起了诉讼，称两家公司的 mRNA COVID-19 疫苗侵犯了 Arbutus 的5项专利，这些专利涉及使用脂质纳米颗粒 (LNP) 递送技术将遗传物质携带和转移到体内。Arbutus 及其被许可方 Genevant Sciences 要求获得损害赔偿，包括合理的专利使用费。Arbutus 和 Genevant 在起诉书书中称，他们与辉瑞和BioNTech就该技术的许可问题进行过谈判，但双方最终没有达成和解。据悉，Arbutus Biopharma去年还在特拉华州联邦法院起诉了莫德纳公司，声称其 mRNA COVID-19 疫苗也侵犯了其专利。
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Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images
Meta发布最新人工智能模型，可从图像中识别单个物体
Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind. The company's research division said in a blog post that its Segment Anything Model, or SAM, could identify objects in images and videos even in cases where it had not encountered those items in its training. Using SAM, objects can be selected by clicking on them or writing text prompts. In one demonstration, writing the word "cat" prompted the tool to draw boxes around each of several cats in a photo. The SAM model and dataset will be available for download under a non-commercial license. Users uploading their own images to an accompanying prototype likewise must agree to use it only for research purposes.
本周三，Meta发布了一款人工智能（AI）模型，能够从图像中识别单个物体，该公司同时发布了一个据称是同类产品中最大的图像注释数据集。在一篇博文中，Meta研究部门介绍了该AI模型“Segment Anything Model (简称SAM)”。SAM可以识别图像和视频中的物体，即使在训练过程中没有遇到这些物体。通过使用SAM，用户可以通过点击物体或输入文字提示来选择物体。例如，当输入“猫”这个词提示后，该工具会在照片中的猫周围绘制方框。SAM模型和数据集可供下载，但不允许商业使用。用户将图像上传到附带的原型时，必须同意仅用于研究目的。
Case Analysis
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Administrative complaints may form an administrative legal relationship, which should be highly concerned by the administrative authorities. They cannot be replied simply by letter; otherwise they may cause administrative charges against administrative omission. Where the administrative organ does not have a comprehensive understanding of the content of a complaint, resulting in the obvious difference of its specific administrative actions and the content of the administrative complainant's complaint, and the disconnection of the administrative counterpart's complaint request, it is administrative inaction. Where the administrative reconsideration organ knows of an omission in the administrative decision made by the complaining administrative organ but fails to correct it according to law, and rejects the reconsideration application of the applicant, it is administrative inaction that fails to fully perform its reconsideration duties, and the administrative reconsideration decision(s) it has made shall be revoked.
行政投诉可能形成行政法律关系，应引起行政机关的高度关注，不能简单地以回信方式进行回复，否则可能引起行政不作为的行政指控。行政机关对某一投诉内容不作全面的理解，导致其作出的具体行政行为与行政投诉人的投诉内容明显不同、与行政相对人的投诉请求不相关联的，属于行政不作为。复议机关明知所诉行政机关作出的行政决定存在遗漏而未依法纠正，作出驳回复议申请人的复议申请的，属未全面履行复议职责的行政不作为，其所作出的行政复议决定应当撤销。
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