Carrying out independent intellectual property rights-Qingdao Yunlu won U.S. 337 investigation case
更新时间：2018-07-30 17:26:00点击次数：4142次
On July 9, 2018, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a final ruling on the case of certain amorphous metals and their products (Case No. 337-TA-1078). The ITC finally ruled to uphold the administrative judge’s decision of June 14. The ruling completely terminated the 337 investigations conducted on several Chinese companies including Qingdao Yunlu.
Qingdao Yunlu has always attached importance to independent R&D and technological progress. The development of related technologies is the result of continuous investment in R&D projects and the long-term struggle of R&D personnel. It has independent intellectual property rights. In September 2017, as soon as the information in this case was learned, Qingdao Yunlu immediately set up a response team headed by General Manager Li Xiaoyu, internally mobilized capable personnel, externally hired a well-known US lawyer team and Chinese lawyer consultants to form a response Team, actively carrying out the response. The responding team used multi-faceted and multi-layered proof of Qingdao Yunlu's independent research and development capabilities and independent research and development results as the main strategy for responding to the complaint. During the eight months of evidence disclosure in this case, Qingdao Yunlu spoke with facts about independent technology, including but not limited to providing nearly 100GB of technical documents that fully proved independent research and development, actively cooperated with the plaintiff to carry out factory investigation and evidence collection, and in questioning witnesses described the details of independent technology research and development. After the above unremitting efforts, the plaintiff finally submitted to the ITC 4 months before the court session an unconditional application for withdrawing the case and ending the investigation of the case. After the preliminary decision of the ITC administrative judge and the review of the committee, Qingdao Yunlu won this case. This is the first successful case in the ITC 337 investigation involving a Chinese defendant in a trade secret case in many years. It is not only the victory of Qingdao Yunlu, but also the victory of China's entire amorphous industry. The victory in this case further proved the independent research and development strength and independent intellectual property rights of Qingdao Yunlu.
Qingdao Yunlu also expressed its sincere appreciation and respect for the rigor of the US METGLAS Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Metals Co., Ltd. in protecting the trade secrets and the principle and attitude of respecting objective facts. Independent innovation and high-quality products are the key to the company's continued competitiveness, and respect for intellectual property rights is the starting point and goal of all innovations. In the future, Qingdao Yunlu will uphold its original intention and continue to work to enhance its independent innovation capabilities and further strengthen the protection of its independent core technology; it will work with industry companies to maintain the positive rules of the amorphous industry, and fully commit to respecting the intellectual property rights of others. In order to ensure that independent intellectual property rights are not infringed by others through legal means, it will further create a healthy and orderly competitive environment in the amorphous industry and jointly promote the progress and development of the industry.
