Novel imagination to daily life

Imagination is always fun.

Today I will introduce some interesting pictures that combine ideas with designer Philip Lueck's daily products.

©Philip Lueck

 IPhone and Spinner

Recently, iPhone 11 has been revealed its appearance. There were a lot of mentions about three cameras in particular. Three cameras resemble spinners, and this picture is collages for fun.

©Philip Lueck

 Idea pills

When we think of “ideas,” we often think of light bulb images. But it's not easy to come up with a brilliant idea. Can you think of a novel idea if you take a pill with ideas like the picture above?

©Philip Lueck

 Instagram and washing machine

One of the social media uploaded photos, the Instagram icon looks like a camera, but it also looks like a Front-loading Washer.

If you combine the Instagram icon with the washing machine, would that look like that?

It seems to be washed pretty for some reason.

©Philip Lueck

 Coke bomb

Did you know that adding mentors to a coke can explode?

Sometimes I think that I can use 'Cola' as a bomb. Based on this imagination, it's a fun composite of a coke's explosion.

There are also many interesting idea pictures on Philip Lueck's homepage (https://www.philiplueck.com/).

You’d have lots of fun visiting the website when you need bright ideas.

LG Electronics and Qualcomm Sign 5G Patent Use Agreement

 LG Electronics and Qualcomm have agreed with a new 5G patent. In the future, LG Electronics will be able to use Qualcomm’s 5G patent for five years, thus developing and selling wireless devices using 3G, 4G (LTE) and 5G technologies. Qualcomm did not disclose the transaction amount, but it is reported that they will receive royalty from LG Electronics in the future.

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 Patent license agreement with Qualcomm

This agreement was a separate measure from the expiration of the patent use agreement that expired last December, apart from the existing communication chip use agreement. Not long ago, Qualcomm was fined by the US Federal Trade Commission for violating fair trade laws. At the time, LG Electronics insisted that Qualcomm violated fair trade, but ironically, this negotiations of the 5G patent license took place after a ruling against the antitrust law. Eventually, the agreement, which has followed existing practices, suggests that LG Electronics would have been forced to produce products and preoccupy the 5G market.

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 LG's efforts to preoccupy 5G market

Currently, LG Electronics is trying to preoccupy the 5G market at home and abroad. LG Electronics' 5G smartphones are trying to increase sales through aggressive marketing, and LG Uplus is also trying to attract customers by promoting baseball games using 5G. LG seems to bid for victory in various ways to show a different look in the 5G market.

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 Can LG succeed in reversing the mood?

LG Electronics and Qualcomm's patent license agreement is thought to be a card for LG Electronics to reverse the mood in the 5G market. The fact that 5G patent license contract is made even knowing that it’s not fair should be regarded as LG's strong commitment to the 5G market. LG, which is struggling in both the smartphone and telecommunications industries, is expected to be able to reverse its mood in the 5G market.

[WIPSTUDY#9] The Statistic review of the PGR and DER in the US trial

Following up to last issue,
this time we're going to review the statistics of the PGR (Post Grant Review) and DER (Derivation) in the US AIA trial.

• PGR (Post Grant Review)
• DER (Derivation)

< search n analysis database : WIPS Global > 

PGR (Post Grant Review) is ...

   a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent on any ground that could be raised under §282(b)(2) or (3). Post grant review process begins with a 3rd party filing a petition on or prior to the date that is 9 months after the grant of the patent or issuance of a reissue patent. (USPTO)

wipsglobal.com > PGR Trial/Appeal search

🔺 There're total 178 PGR request (as of Sept. 4, 2019) at the PTAB.
🔻 Among them 159 patents are searched related to 178 PGR requests.

wipsglobal.com > PGR Trial/Appeal search

[ PGR- 1st Applicant's Nationality ]

wipsglobal.com > Trial/Appeal search > SmartAngle-1st Applicant's nationality 

🔺 69% out of the total patents have been occurred from the US applicants followed by Japan, Germany, Britain, China, Taiwan etc.

wipsglobal.com > Trial/Appeal search > SmartAngle-1st Applicant's nationality >
Selected Taiwan

▲ It's a list of selected Taiwan from '1st Applicant Nationality'.

1. US 10222037 B2, "Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring"

• Applicant/Current Assignee : Willis Electric Co.,Ltd
• Court Name : PTAB
• PTAB Case : PGR
• Petitioner : Everstar Merchandise Co.,Ltd
• Filed : 13/08/2018

2. US 10119664 B2, "Tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly"

• Applicant/Current Assignee : Willis Electric Co.,Ltd
• Court Name : PTAB
• PTAB Case : PGR
• Petitioner : Everstar Merchandise Co.,Ltd
• Filed : 05/08/2019

3. US 9989979 B2, "Inflating module for use with an inflatable object"

• Applicant/Current Assignee : Team Worldwide Corporation
• Court Name : PTAB
• PTAB Case : PGR
• PTAB Status : Trial instituted
• Petitioner : Intex Recreation Corp.
• Filed : 12/11/2018
• Institution Decision : 14/05/2019

[ PGR- 1st Applicants ]

wipsglobal.com > PGR trial search > SmartAngle-2nd analysis 

🔺 Looking at the 1st Applicant stats after 2nd analysis for Taiwan, GREE INC (JP applicant) is listed on the top. As for Taiwan, WILLIS ELECTRIC CO.,LTD and TEAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION are listed on the top for Taiwan. Three patents mentioned above are also showed in this chart too as the 1st applicant. In fact, it is exactly the same as the '1st Current Assignee' stats.

wipsglobal.com > PGR trial search > View detail

 ◀ Also the detail information of trial, which is about US9989979 B2 owned by Team Worldwide Corporation.

Petitioner- Index Recreation Corp.
Patent Owner- Team Worldwide Corporation

The trial was filed on Nov. 12, 2018 and institution decision was May 14, 2019.

[ PGR- Existing of Litigation ]

wipsglobal.com >PGR trial search >SmartAngle-2nd analylsis

 ◀ 35% of the PGR requests is proceeding the litigation as well.  

DER (Derivation) Proceeding is ...

   a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to determine whether (i) an inventor named in an earlier application derived that claimed invention from an inventor named in the petitioner's application, and (ii) the earlier application claiming such invention was filed without authorization...(USPTO) 

wipsglobal.com > DER Trial/Appeal search

🔺 There're total 17 DER cases and only total 3 patents for the entire cases.

SK Innovation sues LG Chem and LG Electronics for patent infringement

SK Innovation sued LG Chem and LG Electronics to the US Federal District Court for infringement of its battery-related patents. This is a countermeasure taken after LG Chem sued SK Innovation for infringement of trade secrets, and the conflict between the two companies is intensifying. Since this could be a war between SK and LG Group, public interest in litigation is growing.

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 SK Innovation pushes hard

Since LG Chem sued SK Innovation on account of trade secrets, SK Innovation has been pushing against LG Chem. SK Innovation claimed that LG Chem and LG Electronics are unfairly getting benefits from infringement of their battery patents. The battery produced by LG Chem contains a lot of patents owned by SK Innovation, so if SK Innovation wins, the battery business would have a lot of problems.

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 LG Chem expressed as 'Very sorry'

LG Chem said that they’re very sorry for the complaint. LG Chem's patents are about 14 times that of SK Innovation, and LG Chem is far ahead of its investment in R&D expenses, and SK Innovation is not aware of the nature of the matter. If SK Innovation is willing to discuss compensation and apologise, LG Chem will always respond to the discussion but if the current dispute continues, they will continue to confront strongly.

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 Disputes between domestic companies

While the two major Korean companies are in dispute, there are many opinions that the gains can be taken by the United States, China and Japan. Some have filed astronomical costs for law firms in the United States as the lawsuit filed in the United States, while it could lag behind Japanese and Chinese companies competing in the battery market. It is also important to argue about right or wrong, but I hope that this will not bring more loss than the profits.

BTS photos.. infringed?

Global boy group BTS, as the high popularity of the group, the infringement of the right to publicity also occurred frequently. Recently, Big Hit Entertainment, BTS agency (hereafter Big Hit Enter) filed an application for a ban on publication against the monthly entertainment magazines.

Magazines with BTS meet the public's right to know,

In August last year, Big Hit Enter filed a lawsuit against the magazine publisher Mr.A to ban on publishing the magazine. The magazine had published BTS photos and articles extensively in its magazine about four times. Nearly half of total 108 pages of magazine, 45-65 pages are consisted of BTS.

BTS, Big Hit Entertainment (BTS official homepage)

In response, Big Hit Enter filed a provisional disposition claiming that it violated the rights of BTS and said that it was a photobook without consent. The magazine disputed Big Hit Enter's claim that it was a legitimate press activity.

Eventually, the magazine publisher won the first trial. The trial court said that 'the magazine appeared to have some commercial purpose, but it did not infringe on the company’s profits by dedicating the pages to satisfy the public's right to know about BTS that is receiving much attention.' Dismissed.

Reversed 2^nd trial!,

Big Hit Enter immediately appealed. According to the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, Big Hit Enter claimed that the issuer A has violated economic interests by using Big Hit Enter's performance without permission. The names, logos, portraits, and images of BTS are 'performance', and claiming that Big Hit Enterer is the owner of BTS, and he needs to protect the legitimate interests of his achievements.

“ an act of falsely assuming another person’s goods, or an act of making a mark or advertising in at information useful for business activities that are not publicly known, has independent economic value, and has been maintained and managed as secrets through considerable efforts; “

– Unfair competition Prevention Act Article 2 Clause 1

Big Hit Enter also claimed that the magazine company published the same type of magazine was issued during the lawsuit, and that it had mislead consumers by stating false facts as if it had been officially approved by Big Hit Enter.

Bit Hit Entertainment (Big Hit Entertainment official homepage)

As a result, the second trial was overturned. The trial judge said, 'In order to increase sales by the customer attraction of BTS, the magazine did not obtain the consent of Bit Hit Enter about selling the magazine like a real photo album.' He referred to it as a "real photo book" rather than a regular magazine, and ordered to stop publishing and selling the magazines. In other words, it illegally violated Big Hit Enter's interests, so he raised Big Hit Enter's hand.

It is not yet known whether the magazine has filed an appeal, but the second trial is likely to remain the first case of acknowledging exclusive rights to the artists of Entertainment company.

[WIPSTUDY #8] The statistic review of the IPR and CBM in the US trial

In the 8th issue of WIPSTUDY,
we're going to review the statistics of IPR (Inter Partes Review) and CBM (Covered Business Method) in the US AIA trial.

• IPR (Inter Partes Review)
• CBM (Covered Business Method)

< search n analysis database : WIPS Global >

IPR (Inter Partes Review) is ...
  a trial proceeding conducted at the Board to review the patentability of one or more claims in a patent only on a ground that could be raised under §§102 (novelty) or 103 (non abviousness), and only on the basis of prior art consisting of patents or printed publications (USPTO)

wipsglobal.com > Trial/Appeal search 

▲There are total 9,718 IPR request cases (as of Aug. 2019) in the PTAB. And total 5,926 patents are listed involved with the 9,718 IPR cases.

▼Following is the chart, '1st Applicant's Nationality' showing the distribution of country through the 1st analysis of 5,926 patents.

[ IPR- 1st Applicant's Nationality]

wipsglobal.com > Trial/Appeal search > 1st applicant's nationality of the SmartAngle

◀ Most IPR request trial has occurred in US patents with 69%, which is followed by Japan 4%, Canada 3%, Germany 2%.... and Taiwan 1%.














[IPR- 1st Applicant]

wipsglobal.com > IPR trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

▲Only Taiwan cases are analyzed within from the 1st analysis- '1st Applicant's Nationality'- result above. We can see MOSEL VITELIC INC, SYSTEM GENERAL CROP, WILLIS ELECTRIC CO.LTD...  ranked in the 1st Applicant.

[IPR- 1st Current Assignee]

wipsglobal.com > IPR trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

▲Likewise above, only Taiwan cases are re-analyzed for the '1st Current Assignee'.
The chart shows PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC, SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND, WILLIS ELECTRIC CO.LTD, TEAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION.. highly ranked in the chart.
From the fact that the rank of each 1st applicant and 1st current assignee is somewhat different, we can find that technology transactions have been occurred.


[IPR- Existence of Litigation]

wipsglobal.com > IPR trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

◀ By claiming IPR request within 1 year of receiving a patent action, 83% of all IPR cases are proceeding the litigation.














[IPR- Original IPC (Main)]

wipsglobal.com > IPR trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

▲Chart of IPC of the 1st analysis of all IPR and 2nd analysis of Taiwan cases.
All IPR - G06, H04, A61
Taiwan - G06, H04, H01, A63

< IPC (International Patent Classification) code for technology >
G06 : Computing, Calculating, Counting
H04 : Electric communication technique
A61 : Medical or veterinary science, Hygiene
H01 : Basic electric elements
A63 : Sports, Games, Amusements



A CBM (Covered Business Method) Patent is ...
  a patent that claims a method or corresponding apparatus for performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration, or management of a financial product or service, except that the term does not include patents for technological inventions.(USPTO)

wipsglobal.com > CBM trial search

🔺 By the same way above, Trial/Appeal search for CBM, total 582 CBM cases are resulted.


[CBM- 1st Applicant's Nationality]

wipsglobal.com > CBM trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

🔺 Likewise most CBM cases have occurred in US patents as 92% followed by Britain, Italy.. etc.


[CBM- 1st Applicants]

wipsglobal.com > CBM trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

◀ (from the top)
1. Trading Tech Int Inc.
2. The Nasdaq Omx Group
3. Almondnet Inc.
4. United Service Automobile
5. XPRT Ventures.

[CBM- 1st Current Assignee]

wipsglobal.com > CBM trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

◀ (from the top)
1. Trading Tech Int Inc.
2. RPX Corporation
3. Versata Development Group
4. Nasdaq, Inc.
5. Almondnet Inc.









[CBM- Existence of Litigation]

wipsglobal.com > CBM trial search > SmartAngle 2nd analysis

◀ Chart says 'Litigation existing 96%, which means almost all CBM cases are proceeding litigation at the same time.

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