As the most valuable technology company, Apple's "gold-absorbing" ability is beyond doubt, not only can make money, but also a dime. As we all know, Apple's mobile phones, computers, and peripherals have indeed brought huge revenue to Apple, but in terms of "output", Apple has been like an iron plate for more than a decade! For example, the App Store lottery problem, the refusal to pay the patent fee and the Qualcomm patent war. Recently, the news that Apple infringed on the technology patents of Chinese enterprises has aroused heated discussion in China. What's going on here?
A Chinese AI company called Shanghai Zhizhen filed an "application for preservation" with the Shanghai High Court, demanding that Apple immediately stop Siri's infringement of its patents and stop producing, selling, and using iPhone products that infringe Shanghai Zhizhen ZL200410053749.9 patents. In this regard, Apple expressed its incomprehension of Shanghai Zhizhen's behavior and expressed disappointment in the mainland market.
It is worth noting that the US media also stood up for Apple at the first time, and "warned" Shanghai Zhizhen to stop the litigation against Apple", if Chinese companies continue to launch sanctions lawsuits against Apple, the relevant US departments will impose the same "equivalent sanctions" on mainland semiconductor companies. It has to be said that the attitude of the United States towards technology patents can be described as "the world's well-known double standard".
"Touching porcelain" or the truth?
Some people think that Huawei fell, Apple sales soared, and the unknown Shanghai Zhizhen "touched porcelain" on Apple and wanted to profit from it, but it was not!
As early as 2004, Shanghai Zhizhen applied for a technical patent for a chatbot system for Xiaoi Robot, that is, it can interact with robots and let robots help find information. Apple launched the artificial intelligence assistant Siri in 2011, after which Shanghai Zhizhen investigated and collected evidence from Apple's Siri, and filed a lawsuit against Apple, and the well-known "beacon of science and technology" also gave a reply at the first time, and did not agree that Siri infringed on Shanghai Zhizhen's patent. Since the performance of human-computer interaction at that time was not "friendly", the court did not give the most accurate conclusion at that time.
With the continuous improvement of the intellectual property law and other related laws, until July 2020, the Supreme Court issued a final decision, declaring the patent of Shanghai Zhizhen's small i robot valid, and Shanghai Zhizhen also launched a lawsuit against Apple for the first time, on the one hand, demanding the cessation of patent infringement, on the other hand, demanding that Apple compensate 10 billion yuan in infringement fees. However, Apple has always implemented the "dime a dime" style in terms of patents, but Shanghai Zhizhen will never give in! This led to the "injunction" filed by Shanghai Zhizhen with the Shanghai High Court against Apple.
It is worth noting that because the human-computer interaction patent of Shanghai Zhizhen Small I Robot has been recognized, shanghai Zhizhen occupies favorable conditions in this patent dispute, and if Apple has been adhering to a dime attitude, it is likely to lose in this dispute. However, whether Apple wins or loses, I believe that the Chinese people have a little worry, why do you say so?
If Apple loses the lawsuit, not using the iPhone may be a trivial matter, after all, Apple has many competitors in China, but domestic semiconductors are in the burst stage, although China has mastered the 28nm process in chip manufacturing, but in the design link, especially in the EDA software, the vast majority of enterprises rely on the three major EDA giants in the United States, if Apple does not pay patent fees, Shanghai Zhizhen continues to sue, and domestic semiconductor companies should also be prepared to deal with US semiconductor sanctions.
If Apple wins the lawsuit, such infringement of Chinese patents will emerge in an endless stream, and these patents have permanent interests, according to Shanghai Zhizhen lawyers, Apple Siri's marketing quota for its infringing patents has reached 7 trillion yuan, and it will only be more in the future. What's more, China's patents in power, graphene, new energy and other aspects are also at the world's leading level, and defending intellectual property rights is to defend the economy and defend security.
Regarding Shanghai Zhizhen's intransigence over the years against Apple's patent infringement, what do you think?