The SPC ordered OPPO to pay a licensing fee of 15,390,527 Yuan to ACT, an amount significantly lower than the 342 million Yuan claimed by ACT for infringement. The SPC also sets the licensing fee for the six patents involved as $0.008 per unit.
The latest data from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) reveals that China currently leads the world in the number of patent applications for solar cells, with a total of 126,400 applications, according to news released on January 6.
The added value of China’s national patent-intensive industries in 2022 amounted to 15.3176 trillion yuan, reflecting a 7.1 percent increase compared to the previous year (excluding price factors, as mentioned below), as announced recently by the CNIPA.
InterDigital has secured a victory against OPPO and OnePlus in Germany regarding its mobile technology patent, according to news released on January 8. The Munich Regional Court ruled that OPPO and OnePlus infringed InterDigital's patent EP2127420 B1.
China's efficiency in reviewing IP applications improved last year, said Shen Changyu, director of China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), on Thursday. Shen introduced that the average time spent reviewing an invention patent was shortened to 16 months.
