China's Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court has ruled that a small chemical firm engaged in malicious litigation by filing patent lawsuits against robotics company Unitree Robotics, in a case that underscores judicial efforts to combat abusive intellectual property claims during IPO.
Chinese chemical company Anshan Hifichem Co Ltd has filed a defamation lawsuit against rival Cinic Chemicals Shanghai Co Ltd, seeking 53.3 million yuan in damages, according to a stock exchange filing.
Meihua Group, China’s larges monosodium glutamate (MSG) producer, has been sued by Japan’s Ajinomoto Co. for alleged patent infringement concerning core amino acid production technologies.
DKEM (WUXI DK Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.), the leading Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic conductive silver paste, has initiated legal action through its subsidiary, Solamet Materials Science Co., Ltd., against its rival Zhejiang Gonda Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., for patent infringement.
French chemicals producer Arkema has filed a RMB 430 million patent infringement lawsuit against subsidiaries of Shanghai Huayi Holding Group Co., Ltd., according to a disclosure issued by the Chinese state-owned company on November 15.
