China's top court rules patent suits against Unitree Robotics were malicious
China's Supreme People's Court has determined that two patent lawsuits filed against Unitree Robotics concerning its Go2 and A2 robot dogs were malicious. The court rejected all infringement claims.
China's Supreme People's Court has ruled that two patent lawsuits brought against Unitree Robotics over its Go2 and A2 robot dogs constituted malicious litigation. The court ultimately rejected the plaintiff's infringement claims.
The plaintiff, Luweimei Company, had obtained the patent just five days prior to filing the initial lawsuit against Unitree. The compensation sought was initially RMB500, later increased to RMB80 million during appeal, before reverting to the original RMB500.
China's national patent authority invalidated the patent on March 12. In the A2 case, Unitree's counterclaim was upheld, and Luweimei Company was ordered to pay RMB80,000 in reasonable legal costs and RMB3,700 in court fees.