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15 June, Guangdong Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate People‘
s
Court (SZIPC) ruled that Shenzhen Liangjiamei Lighting Company (SHL) - the defendant has infringed MEGAMAN’
s
LED patent and ordered that the defendant should stop manufacturing, selling, offering for sale of alleged infringing LED reflector lamps and indemnify monetary damage of RMB 250,000 to MEGAMAN®
.
The losing party can appeal to the court within the specified date.
MEGAMAN®
w
as aware that SHL had manufactured and sold LED AR111 lamps which were equipped with MEGAMAN’
s
patented Thermal Conductive HighwayTM (TCH) technology. MEGAMAN®
t
herefore filed the lawsuit in SZIPC against SHL under the name of its patent holding company, Mass Technology (HK) Ltd and alleged infringement of patented TCH technology coupled with a claim of damages at RMB 500,000.
MEGAMAN®
i
s satisfied with SZIPC‘
s
judgement of the lawsuit which reflects that the Chinese judicial system is placing high priority and respect to the protection of intellectual property.
MEGAMAN®
d
etermines to vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights, and this lawsuit reflects MEGAMAN®
‘
s
commitment to that enforcement. Should a party infringe any of MEGAMAN®
p
atents, stringent legal measures will be taken to safeguard its patent rights.