Case Brief
In July 2014, WHTY received a summons for adding a third party in a first-instance civil lawsuit (the plaintiff was an individual and the defendant was a listed company in Beijing). In August 2014, WEIPR, the entrusted agent, immediately filed a request for invalidation of the patent involved. In December 2014, the content related to WHTY of the involved patent was successfully invalidated. In April 2015, the individual plaintiff filed an administrative lawsuit and the first-instance upheld the invalidation decision. In February 2017, the individual appealed the first-instance judgement. Nevertheless, the second-instance administrative lawsuit upheld the original judgement in December 2017.
Case Analysis
On receiving any document regarding intellectual property infringement, whether it is a lawyer’s letter or a court summons, do not rush to acknowledge or ignore it in case serious legal consequence. It is suggested to work with a professional agency to conduct a detailed analysis. Cope it with an active attitude and guard your own interest by legal means.