Selfie Stick Patent Expiring_Market opportunity or big trap
The patent right of the famous utility model selfie stick patent “an integrated selfie device” will expire on September 10, 2024, which means that the technical solution in this patent will no longer be protected by patents and will enter the public domain.
这项专利已经历30次无效宣告,据说专利权人发起5000多次侵权诉讼,获得近亿元。
The patent application date is September 11, 2014. The core technical point of the protection is “the clamping device is integrally rotatably connected to the top of the telescopic rod”.
After the patent was granted, the patentee began to “operate” and launched “rights protection” activities across the country, so it has also experienced multiple invalidations. From public information, it can be seen that the patent has been sued for infringement 30 times. Except for one “partial invalidation” in 2016, the rest have maintained the validity of all patent rights, that is, claims 2-12 are currently valid, so the current protection scope is:
(1)一种一体式自拍装置,包括伸缩杆及用于夹持拍摄设备的夹持装置,所述夹持装置包括载物台及设于载物台上方的可拉伸夹紧机构,其特征在于:所述夹持装置一体式转动连接于所述伸缩杆的顶端。
(2)根据权利要求1所述的自拍装置,其特征在于:所述载物台上设有一缺口,所述夹紧机构设有一与所述缺口位置相对应的折弯部,所述伸缩杆折看后可容置于所述缺口及折弯部。
这个保护范围对于自拍杆产品来说,依然是非常大的。
实用新型的保护期是10年,所以这项专利将于今年9月10日到期。
The expiration of the patent protection period means that the patent rights have expired, and anyone can freely implement the technology or invention originally protected by the patent without obtaining the patent owner’s permission or paying any fees.
自拍杆专利权人明白专利带来的经济效益后,自2017年起开始大量申请专利,主要涉及拍摄辅助设备。
某个专利已经过了保护期或失效,仍可能存在其他风险,例如专利权人布局了其他相关专利:
(1)相关专利链
专利权人可能拥有一系列相关专利,这些专利共同覆盖了某一技术或产品的不同方面。
即使一个专利过了保护期,其他相关专利可能仍在有效期内,从而限制你对该技术或产品的自由实施。
(2)改进专利
专利权人可能对原专利技术进行了改进并申请了新的专利。
即使你使用的是原始技术,但如果涉及了改进部分,仍可能侵犯这些改进专利。
(3)专利组合
一些技术可能由多个专利组成(称为专利组合或专利池)。
虽然其中某个专利过了保护期,但整体技术可能仍受到其他专利的保护。
(4)专利权延长
在某些特定情况下,如药品和农业化学品,专利权人可以申请专利保护期的延长,这意味着专利可能比通常的保护期更长。
专利审查未公开部分
在专利申请过程中,某些改进或新的申请可能还在审查阶段,尚未公开。
这些申请如果通过,将在未来形成新的专利,可能会对你实施相关技术产生影响。
自拍杆是一个成功的案例,但不是偶然,但这样的机会其实有很多。
In the process of the author’s contact with corporate clients, it was found that quite a few companies, regardless of size, had once had “very recognized” technologies. Unfortunately, due to the lack of a good agent to write patent application documents, the economic value such as the selfie stick patent was not realized.
笔者曾遇到这样的客户,承诺维权成功后,所有赔偿都给笔者,他只需要制止侵权、拿回市场占有率。结果笔者看了他们的专利,只能婉拒。这些专利要么保护范围过小,对方根本不构成侵权,要么权利不稳定,能够轻易无效掉。
Therefore, whether a technology can realize economic value through patent protection requires “time, place and people”, that is:
(1)好技术
我认为创新不分大小,市场认可的就是好创新。
(2)好专利文件
专利文件怎么写,是维权能否成功的关键;且一旦写坏,后期几乎不可挽救。
(3)好运营
专利权人进行维权工作的意愿,和专业团队的操作。
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