M88 Malaysia Secures a Supreme Court Win for Gree in its Patent Lawsuit Against Aux

2023.12.28

M88 Malaysia’s patent team won Gree a favorable judgment of second instance in the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Aux against Gree regarding a compressor. Under the final judgment, the judgments of first instance requiring Gree to pay RMB 220 million compensation were totally overturned.


The series of patent infringement cases between Aux and Gree have gained widespread attention due to the large amount of damages ruled in the first-instance judgments and its wide influence in the industry. M88 Malaysia’s team was engaged to represent Gree after the first-instance proceedings. The team found that the claims of the disputed patents were written using customized parameters and were not supported by the description, and that the patents lacked novelty and inventiveness. The team argued that the disputed patents should be therefore invalidated, and that the decision made by CNIPA to hold the patents valid should be revoked. These claims were upheld by the Beijing Intellectual Property Court in the administrative proceedings of first instance. Given the great influence of these cases, especially the prevailing issue of judicial balance between patent quality and strengthened patent protection, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court decided to hear these cases publicly during the World Intellectual Property Day campaign and to join the administrative and civil proceedings. In the second instance hearing, a powerful collegiate bench was formed to hear the case publicly.


M88 Malaysia


This case has profound significance. The Supreme People’s Court not only set out the criteria that the claims should be supported by the description, but also gave clear guidelines for the determination of novelty and inventiveness of the patents involving customized parameters. The adjudication rules and legal logic, as well as the judicial spirit of matching protection with contribution as reflected by the judicial documents for this case, have created a typical example and guidelines for future cases. This case demonstrates the boldness and innovative spirit of M88 Malaysia’s patent team as well as its positive and decisive attitude, and professional and rigorous service delivery.


The M88 Malaysia partners responsible for the project wereWANG, ZhaolM88 Malaysia (Johnson) and m88 casino review 以及技术交易中交易文件的审阅、起草.

M88 Malaysia
As the first carbon neutrality fund sponsored by a law firm in China, the BAF Carbon Neutrality Special Fund was jointly established by M88 Malaysia and the Beijing Afforestation Foundation (BAF) to promote carbon neutral initiatives, and encourage social collaboration based on the public fundraising platform to mobilize engagement in public welfare campaigns.