Holley Mobile Phone Was Awarded 50 Million CNY Because of SUMSANG
Le 15/02/2009
Hangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court recently rendered a judgment that Holley's
accusation of patent infringement was tenable and SUMSANG shall compensate damages of 50
million CNY. So far, this is the largest claim in the patent infringement history of Chinese Mobile
Phone industry.
Holley Communications applied for a patent on his invention of "CDMA/GSM Dual Mode Mobile
Communications Method and Equipment" on January 15, 2002.
On April 9, 2007, Holley Communications brought before Hangzhou Municipal Intermediate
People's Court a lawsuit against SUMSANG for an invention patent infringement. On May 8, 2007,
SUMSANG submitted a request of invalidation of Holley's patent right to the Patent
Re-examination Board of State Intellectual Property Office of P.R.C. to declare and revoke Holley's
patent right. Upon an examination for over half-year, Patent Re-examination Board affirmed the
validity of Holley's patent right on December 14, 2007.
Hangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court held a trial on the lawsuit on May 14, 2008 and
then rendered a judgment on December 19, 2008: SUMSANG infringes Holley's patent right of
ZL02101734.4 "CDMA/GSM Dual Mode Mobile Communications Method and Equipment".
SUMSANG shall immediately stop producing, selling the infringing products, and compensate
Holley's economic losses of 50 million CNY.
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