Recently, Purplevine IP and its partner law firm won a Final Determination of no violation of Section 337 in an infringement investigation (No. 337-TA-1224) filed by Philips for client TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd. et al. (“TCL”).
Since February 2020, Philips has filed patent infringement lawsuits and ITC 337 investigations against TCL and a number of Chinese and foreign defendants regarding Certain Digital Video-Capable Devices and Components Thereof. The Purplevine team collaborated with the client and vigorously responded to the lawsuits, firmly arguing No infringement. On March 23, 2022 (U.S. time), the Commission issued its Final Determination confirming TCL did not violate Section 337 and the domestic industry products do not practice the claims of the asserted patents.
Frank Jeng, Vice President of Purplevine IP, led the Licensing & Litigation team to assist the client in managing the investigation through designating the overall litigation strategy, recruiting external counsel and implementing certain defense actions. Purplevine’s team worked closely with the legal team and based on Purplevine’s technical analysis, together they formulated the non-infringement arguments; during which, Purplevine efficiently managed the external attorneys and with the latter, they worked together to develop an effective litigation strategy. Ultimately, Purplevine helped the client save a significant amount of litigation costs and achieve a final non-infringement victory.
Mr. Karl Yeh, Chief Intellectual Property Officer of TCL, addressed that this is a great victory for TCL, thanks to the efficient case management of Purplevine, which is also the result of joint efforts of TCL, Purplevine and the law firm.
Along with Frank Jeng, the Purplevine team also included Brad Lin (Senior Licensing & Litigation Manager), Ude Lu (Chief US IP Counsel), Summer Wu (Senior Legal Counsel), Lei Du (Licensing and Litigation Manager) and Freya Li (Licensing and Litigation Assistant).