Published: September 15, 2017
Publisher: IAM
“A state-owned entity from Guangzhou is the plaintiff in China’s latest SEP enforcement effort, and the world’s top TV seller, Samsung, is among those in the crosshairs. Shenzhen-based Skyworth and Shandong-based Hisense are the other targets in the campaign, which centres on a domestic Chinese audio-related standards.
Digital Rise, the Guangzhou company, has so far launched patent suits in three separate venues. It first brought suit against Skyworth in the Beijing IP Court in July. That case also names retailer Gome Electrical Appliances as a defendant. Digital Rise followed up with two complaintsagainst Hisense in the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court and finally an assertion against Samsung Electronics at the Guangzhou IP Court. According to Chinese media reports the total damages being sought across all these cases is around CNY ¥400 million ($61 million).”