Recently, Gree took Oaks to court in the name of Ling patent infringement, suing Oaks for compensation of 1. 1 100 million yuan. This set the highest compensation amount for foreign electrical professional patents, and now the court has handled Gree's lawsuit against Oaks. Compared with his old rival Midea, Gree seems to have many ideas about Oaks, accusing him of not only "stealing wonderful flowers" but also "digging talents". Gree shows that since 20 10, Oaks has poached more than 300 key personnel such as R&D and quality inspection in Gree Electric by various illegal means, and there seems to be some connection between Oaks' "poaching" and "patent infringement". From 20 15 to 20 17 alone, there were 60 cases of patent infringement complained by Oaks Company in Gree Electric. Aux's answer shows that there is no patent in Gree Electric called "integration of upper and lower drip trays and bottom shells"; It involves more than 30 kinds, including 20 17 new Athena series, all of which are vanity. The new product Athena of Oaks 20 17 was announced as early as 20 15, and it was not in the model involved. Oaks also pointed out that with the increasingly fierce competition between Gree and Oaks in first-tier shopping malls, Gree's representation can be regarded as a "trading means" to curb the promotion of competitors.

It is worth mentioning that Gree is not the first time to complain about Oaks. As early as 2065438+August 2005, Gree Electric sued Oaks Company for infringing three patents of a series of air-conditioning products, and one of these three patents was involved in this case. At that time, after the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court confirmed the infringement of Oaks Company in the first instance, Oaks Company unfairly appealed.

However, Oakes did not win the case. The Guangdong Higher People's Court finally ruled that Oaks Company stopped selling infringing air-conditioning products and compensated Gree Electric for economic losses of 2.3 million yuan. So it seems unlikely that Oaks will make a comeback this time.

In addition, Oaks was sued by Midea Yiling a year and a half ago for the utility model patent of "double cross-flow duct structure and vertical air-conditioning indoor unit" to a low-rise person in Guangdong Province. Although the court finally ruled that the Oaks Mausoleum infringed on Midea's patent right, it should bear the tort liability according to law, compensate Midea's economic losses and calculate the fair expenditure of 6.5438+0 million yuan, but there is still no objection to Oaks' continuous infringement of competitors' patents. Judging from the 6 18 list published by JD.COM, air-conditioning brands rank first in Gree, second in Beauty, and Oaks, as a brand with low reputation, once became the third in Haier. And if you look at the brand alone, this ranking of Oaks is unimaginable. Aesthetically, Oakes' so-called "cost performance" is basically "takenism".

In this regard, some experts pointed out that Gree's proposition is regarded as more overwhelming than "trading means". As we all know, R&D always costs money. As far as Gree is concerned, the annual investment in R&D is between 4 billion and 5.5 billion, while the sales of air conditioners in Oaks in 20 16 are only 5 billion. The patent compensation of 2.3 million yuan was originally "time-consuming and thankless" for Gree, but it was nothing to Oaks' sales of 5 billion yuan.

It's a bit like making a wedding dress for Oakes. No wonder Tommy is angry now.