Related News
Mobike wins patent infringement case
Print Edition
MOBIKE yesterday won the patent infringement lawsuit filed by a man who claimed the QR code-scanning lock system was his invention.
At the hearing, held last month, the man surnamed Hu blamed the bike sharing firm for ripping off his invention — a system allowing motorbike owners to unlock their bikes via an exclusive QR code that was granted a patent by the State Intellectual Property Office in May last year.
Hu asked for 500,000 yuan (US$76,285) as compensation from Mobike.
But yesterday, his request was rejected by the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court.
It is reasonable to apply the QR recognition technology in sharing bikes, the court said, adding that Hu's lock invention was for motorbikes and Mobike hadn't copied his patent to transfer the technology to bicycles. Besides, Mobike, based its technology on Internet connection and big data technology to operate the lock system, the court said.
Mobike was set up in 2015 and made its debut in Shanghai last year. It quickly became to a key player in the city's booming bike sharing industry.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
