What?
Gree sued Xiaomi?
I saw such a "popular" word when I watched the hot search early in the morning, which was really surprising.......
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According to news reports, @格力文传 released a message on July 9, which reads as follows:
Gree Electric Appliances (000651. SZ) received the legal document [(2023) Zui Gao Fa Zhi Min Zhong No. 1123] issued by the Supreme People's Court on June 18.
The document requires that the infringing Mijia Xiaomi electric fan involved in this case shall not be manufactured and sold, and the infringer shall pay 1.85 million yuan to Gree Electric Appliances.
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@格力文传 also stated that on December 22, 2022, the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court made a first-instance judgment [(2021) Yue 73 Zhi Min Chu No. 1399] in response to the infringement of the patent rights BPTS01DM of Gree Electric Appliances by the Mijia Xiaomi electric fan sold in Xiaomi's official flagship store, and compensated Gree Electric for its economic losses and rights protection costs.
Subsequently, on the next day (that is, July 10), @格力文传 again issued a document to supplement the follow-up progress of the "infringement matter", which reads:
1. The product "Mijia Xiaomi Electric Fan BPTS01DM" sold in Xiaomi's official flagship store infringes relevant patents.
2. The entrusting party of the infringing product is "Xiaomi Communication Technology Co., Ltd.", and the manufacturer is "Zhejiang Xingyue Electric Co., Ltd."
3. The manufacturer has changed its name to "Dream Maker (Zhejiang) Technology Co., Ltd.", and the company has paid 1.85 million yuan to our company.
Dream Maker (Zhejiang) Technology Co., Ltd
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@格力文传 said: Tianjin Jinxing Venture Capital Co., Ltd., which is 100% controlled by Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd., holds 8.0439% of the shares of "Dream Maker (Zhejiang) Technology Co., Ltd."
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Xiaomi also responded to this matter, saying: After investigation, our company has not received any environmental appliances-related lawsuits.
Subsequently, Wang Hua, general manager of the public relations department of Xiaomi Group, also forwarded the relevant information with the text: After investigation, our company has not received a lawsuit about electric fans (belonging to environmental appliances).
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Co-authorship is another "oolong incident"? What kind of fan is it, and the whole two companies came out, and I was a little dizzy to watch......
In order to make everyone less tired to watch, I will give you the simplest description to sort out this matter, first of all, the company that Gree sued, itself also produces electric fans.
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The important point here is that this company is also one of the many suppliers of the Xiaomi ecosystem.
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A small part in the electric fan produced by this company is indeed infringing on Gree's utility model patent.
Infringing related patents
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In the second instance of the case, the Supreme Court issued a mediation letter, because the product was not too expensive and the sales volume was not large, so it finally compensated 1.85 million.
Image source: Zhejiang Xingyue Electric Co., Ltd
In addition, Xiaomi has been legally isolated from its own ecological chain products, so strictly speaking, everyone who understands it understands
At this time, there must be netizens who want to say: It means that the "Mijia Ecological Chain" enterprise has nothing to do with Xiaomi, and if there is a problem, you can't find Xiaomi.
In fact, no, Xiaomi must be responsible for the quality and after-sales of its own products, but if it is a small part infringement of the supplier, it has nothing to do with Xiaomi in law, and the supplier should be responsible.
To put it simply, it is similar to suing Tmall supermarket for goods that cannot sue Tmall