On July 4, the European Patent Office (EPO) officially announced that Wu Kai, the chief scientist of CATL, and his team have won the European Inventor Award 2023 for the “Non-EPO countries” from more than 600 candidates.
By the end of 2022, the number of valid invention patents in China was 4.212 million, up 17.1 percent year-on-year.; the number of valid utility model patents was 10.835 million, up 17.2 percent; and the number of valid design patents was 2.832 million, up 9.7 percent.
On June 29, China Intellectual Property Society(CIPS) released the 2022 Investigation Report on IP Disputes of Chinese Enterprises in the US. According to the report, a total of 986 new intellectual property lawsuits of Chinese enterprises were filed in the US in 2022, up 14.39%.
On Jun 28, Huawei announced on its official website that it has entered into a patent license agreement with Quality Tech S.R.L. The agreement grants a license on Huawei's patents relating to Optical Distribution Network (ODN) products to Quality Tech and its customers.
Leading lithium-ion batteries supplier Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) has filed two separate patent lawsuits against its rival COSMX, according to announcements released within less than a week by COSMX. ATL is seeking a total of over 128 million yuan for compensation.
