Last week, a seller in Dongguan sued a patent protection case of outdoor camping string lights. After a week, a trading company from Hong Kong sued the solar control system for rights protection. The difference is that last week’s patent was mainly aimed at the patent design of light bulbs. This case is mainly aimed at the patent of solar energy system, which means that cross-border sellers need to carefully investigate. It is possible that the outdoor camping string lamp product you bought may involve two patents to protect rights. 23-cv-15248 Ambient Lights was issued on August 9, 2022, while 2023-cv-15481 solar control system was issued earlier, and was issued as early as October 2010. This case involved 127 infringing shops, and the accounts have not been frozen yet.
Hong Kong Xingtai International Trade Co., Ltd. is a trading company from Hong Kong, China, with branches in Hong Kong and Belgium. The product of this rights protection is a patent of outdoor decorative solar lighting system under the company. The patented product consists of several parts:
The light string consists of a movable and slender light string;
Sockets and light bulbs: These sockets are installed on the optical string and arranged at even intervals. Each socket is equipped with a light bulb, one of which is connected to its own socket;
Solar collector: a device for collecting solar energy, which is connected to the optical string through wires to convert solar energy into electric energy for light bulbs.
Solar panels: collect the radiant energy of the sun and convert it into electric energy. This electric energy is used to power rechargeable batteries.
Rechargeable battery: An energy storage device in the solar collector, which receives the electric energy from the solar panel and stores it. The store electric energy can supply power to that light bulb aft sunset.
Regulator switch: connected to the battery and the optical string, used to automatically adjust the switch state of the light bulb. Whether the light bulb needs illumination can be controlled according to the time from sunrise to sunset. According to the time of sunrise and sunset, the light bulb is automatically turned on at sunrise and turned off at sunset.
The operating logic of this system is that solar collectors collect solar energy and convert it into electric energy, and then store the electric energy in rechargeable batteries. The regulator switch automatically controls the on-off state of the light bulb according to the time, so as to ensure that lighting is provided when needed, and the circuit is closed when not needed, thereby saving energy.
Basic information of the case:
Prosecution time: October 30, 2023
Case number: 2023-cv-15481
Brand: Hong Kong xingtai International Trade Co., Ltd.
Law firm: BISHOP DIEHL & LEE, LTD
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