WIPS global: [WIPSTUDY #4] Taiwan- Patent Litigation case study #4

Following up #3,
this time we're going to review the statistics of Taiwan patent status as analyzed US patent infringement litigation, also find out the reason why they became inactive through various cases focusing on;

Canceled
Terminated
Reissued
Expired

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4. Review Taiwan cases of US Patent Infringement Litigation Analysis

The followings are the conditions to review the *Taiwan cases out of the US infringement litigation.

Federal court filing year (2011- present)
Analysis target : 200 cases
Current status of US

* Taiwan cases means, litigation cases that Taiwan corporations are involved as the plaintiff or defendant.

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◀Statistics of Taiwan Status;
Active : 80% (178)
Inactive/ Canceled : 1% (2)
Inactive/ Terminated : 1% (1)
Inactive/ Reissued : 2% (3)
Inactive/ Expired : 8% (16)

As see the above chart, Inactive status is described in 4 cases- Canceled, Terminated, Reissued, Expired. From now on we're going to review various cases corresponding to each of inactive cases.

✔ Inactive/ Canceled : 1%

Case : Lotes Co.Ltd v. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.,Ltd
⇿Summary : Lotes Co.Ltd filed against Hon Hai Precision Industry on Mar. 7, 2011.
Ex Parte Reexamination occured on Aug. 30, 2013, which resulted in the
entire claims 1-17 were canceled.

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Case type : Infringement
Terminated by : Likely settlement
Product : Connetors, CPU sockets, coolers and antennas for notebook computers...
Plaintiff : Lotes Co.,Ltd
Defendant : Hon Hai Precision Industry et al. 1
Patent : US 6908313

⏪ Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate
says;
The patent is hereby amended as indicated below.
As the result of reexamination, it has been determined that:
Claims 1-17 are cancelled.

✔ Inactive/ Terminated : 1%

Case : Epistar Corporation v. Lowe's Companies, Inc.
⇿Summary : Apr. 28, 2017, Epistar filed an infringement suit against the Lowe's
Companies. On Aug. 30, 2018 Fujian Sanan Group filed an invalidation suit
against Epistar but the institution was denied. (ref. second below
screenshot) '020 patent was terminated on Nov. 11, 2019 as a terminal
disclaimer.

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Case type : Infringement
Status : open
Product : Kichler Lighting 60W Equivalent Dimmable Soft White A15 LED Decorative Light Bulb and the UTILITECH 60W Equivalent Warm White A19 LED Light Fixture Light Bulb.
Plaintiff : Epistar Corporation
Defendant : Lowe's Companies Inc. et al. 1
Patent : US 8587020

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Court name : PTAB (Patent Trial Appeal Board)
PTAB case : IPR (Inter Partes Review)
Outcome : No claims invalidated/ Canceled
PTAB status : Institution denied
Petitioner : Fujian Sanan Group
Patent Owner : Epistar Corp.

◀ Status of the patent '020' has been inactive by being terminated.

; as stated in Application history, filed in Nov.19, 1998 and terminated Nov.20, 2018

✔ Inactive/ Reissued : 1%

Case : Phison Electronics Corporation v. PNY Technologies
⇿Summary : Phison Electronics filed a suit against PNY Technologies on Nov. 2011. And
PNY filed an invalidation trial on PTAB next year, the patent owner filed the
Reissue application on Mar. 2015.

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Case type : Infringement
Terminated by : Likely settlement
Product : Memory storage products include, Cube and Attache families of products, flash memory drives containing SMI controllers....
Plaintiff : Phison Electronics.
Defendant : PNY Technologies
Patent : US 7518879

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Court Name : PTAB (Patent Trial Appeal Board)
PTAB case : IPR (Inter Partes Review)
PTAB status : Final Written Decision

⏪ Inter Partes Review Certificate

⏪ Reissued document of the
US patent RE 46871 E

Applicant : Phison Electronics Corp.
Reissue of Patent no. 7518879

✔ Inactive/ Expired : 7%

Case : Cpumate Inc. v. Sony Corporation
⇿Summary : Cpumate Inc. filed a suit against several companies. After that the
corresponding patent was expired by the failure of paying maintenance
fees.