A patent prosecution lawsuit in the United States has attracted the attention of many media. One is iFlytek, a capital giant with assets of 300 billion U.S. dollars, and the other is Longteng Group, which has dominated the limelight during this period.
The most critical thing is that these two companies are both Chinese companies, and now they are suing for patents in the United States.
Longteng Group sued iFlytek Group's iFlytek International version for infringing the patent of QQ International version.
The international version of iFlytek is the overseas version of iFlytek. Its functions are the same as those in China, but it is only an English version.
The same is true for QQ. What Longteng Group is suing is the US version of iFlytek's patent. The scope of the lawsuit is also limited to the United States, but everyone knows that Longteng Group has already sued this kind of lawsuit in many countries around the world.
The fact that the United States is the first to hold court will undoubtedly attract the attention of many countries. And the verdict of this lawsuit may serve as a model for other countries.
"Now it is up to the plaintiff to make his statement..."
At 9 a.m. U.S. time, the lawsuit officially opened. First, the plaintiff made a statement.
"Mr. Judge, what we are suing is that Feifei Room, a subsidiary of iFlytek Group, infringes on the patents of our Longteng Group. I have the number of patents registered by our Longteng Group. We have registered the patents as early as half a year ago..."
The lawyer was very calm and presented evidence one by one. Proofs of various registered patents, and also pointed out evidence that iFlytek Group had infringed on Longteng Group's patents.
"Regarding this patent infringement incident, we at Longteng Group require iFlytek Group to immediately close the iFlytek room, compensate us US$10.8 billion, and require iFlytek Group to publicly apologize..."
Finally, the lawyer told the Longteng Group's request. When they heard this request, many people at the scene took a breath. The Longteng Group was very cruel this time.
They closed the iFlytek room, paid US$10.8 billion in compensation, and publicly apologized. Not only that, they also had sufficient time to prepare this time, and various patents had been registered long ago.
At the same time, a lot of evidence and data were collected, and all the compensation seemed reasonable and reasonable.
"Please elaborate on the defendant's lawyer..."
When the plaintiff finished his explanation, iFlytek's lawyers began to argue. The reason for the defense was naturally that iFlytek Room did not infringe the patent. He also gave many seemingly reasonable reasons.
Lawyers from both sides began to argue with each other, and they were well-founded. The legal team of iFlytek Group was very experienced. Moreover, iFlytek Group was listed in the United States and had the support of many large chaebols.
The lawyers of Longteng Group are not weak either. The most important thing is that the plagiarism this time is too obvious. In the past, iFlytek Group was able to avoid patents and take advantage of legal loopholes.
But now that the situation is urgent, they can only do it first. As for the subsequent lawsuits and compensation, they can just argue with each other.
Outside, many reporters were waiting. This trial was not a public trial, so they could only wait outside.
After constant debate, the judge finally made a verdict. Both sides stood there with serious expressions.
"After our mutual agreement, we now pronounce the verdict. Based on the evidence provided by both parties, I now declare that the fact that iFlytek Group has infringed the patent of Longteng Group is clear, and the evidence constitutes patent infringement. According to federal law, iFlytek Group is ordered to shut down iFlytek with immediate effect
room, and at the same time compensate Longteng Group for economic losses totaling US$168 million..."
When hearing the verdict, Longteng Group's lawyer laughed. The amount of compensation was much different from what he requested, but Longteng Group didn't care about the money.
It is beyond expectation to lose so much money. After all, iFlytek Group and Longteng Group do not have a large market share in the United States. Especially iFlytek Group, the market share is even less, so some Chinese may be using it.
That's all.
Longteng Group does not care about compensation, all it cares about is a result. Winning the lawsuit is a victory for Longteng Group.
After the verdict was announced, both parties walked out of the court, and reporters outside immediately surrounded them.
"We are very satisfied with this verdict. In the United States, the law is fair. We are not afraid of iFlytek's appeal, and we have enough confidence to agree to this lawsuit. I believe that justice will definitely defeat evil."
The lawyer of Longteng Group smiled and told reporters the verdict. The lawyer of iFlytek Group said that he would appeal.
Won, Longteng Group won. When this result was reported back to China, the whole China was shocked. No one expected that this patent war would actually start in the United States, and the final winner was Longteng Group.
"Longteng Group is so awesome..."
"Look, this is the fairness of American law..."
"iFlytek, you can run rampant in China, but you can no longer be so willful in the United States..."
"Longteng Group is really awesome..."
"It seems that Longteng Group has also sued for other functions..."
"With this reference, the other two will definitely win..."
"iFlytek Group deserves it..."
Hot discussion, this lawsuit has aroused hot discussion all over the world. The assets of iFlytek Group are too powerful. You must know that iFlytek Group is ranked sixth in the global rankings.
This is a standard Internet giant, but now this giant has patent infringement and plagiarism.
For a time, many countries reported on it. Such reputation caused iFlytek's stock to fall rapidly.
A lawsuit has made iFlytek Group nervous. Although they can sue, they themselves know that the possibility of winning the appeal is almost zero.
And even if you are appealing, you must close the iFlytek room during this period. Although it is only the United States, this represents a signal. What's more, if iFlytek is listed in the United States, the impact will be great.
"Notice, the international version of iFlytek Room is temporarily closed for maintenance due to technical reasons. Iflytek deeply apologizes for the inconvenience caused to users..."
A few hours later, iFlytek released the news. At the same time, the international version of iFlytek Room was closed. However, the Chinese version of iFlytek Room was still running.
"Fuck, iFlytek is so damn shameless..."
"Closing the international version but not the Chinese version, is this a fool's errand..."
"I really obey the laws of China..."
"Too shameless..."
"The International version of iFlytek is a joke. Apart from international students, how many people use the International version of iFlytek..."
"Yeah, it's so ridiculous..."
"People are so confident in the country..."
"Look, in the country, iFlytek will definitely win..."
iFlytek's announcement has sparked discussion among Chinese netizens. It lost the lawsuit abroad and closed the international version function. However, within China, it is still emboldened. This extremely shameless style makes many users feel embarrassed.
Just as netizens were discussing, another announcement from iFlytek Group made netizens dumbfounded.
"Fuck, this is so shameless."
"In terms of shamelessness, I admire iFlytek the most..."
"How ridiculous..."
"It's so funny..."
"It's lively..."
"Believe it or not, it is really possible to judge Long Teng to lose in China..."
"This is going to be a rogue thing..."
This announcement immediately caused a stir in China and attracted the attention of countless Internet companies.