去年2010年10月，国务院决定在全国集中开展打击侵犯知识产权和制售假冒伪劣商品专项行动。为加强对专项行动的组织领导,保证各项任务落到实处,国务院专门召开了针对知识产权领域执法专项的全国电视会议。温家宝总理亲自发表电视讲话，强调对知识产权保护的重要性。此次会议的召开和由此展开的知识产权专项活动，再次向全世界表明，中国政府维护知识产权权利人合法权利的一贯做法。

　　近日，宁波中院以调解结案的方式结束了一家德国专利权人对浙江奉化市一家企业提出的八项诉讼。

　　纽珀公司是一家世界知名的水龙头配件企业，注册地址为德国米尔海姆。作为一家专门生产水龙头起泡器和限流器的跨国企业，纽珀公司在中国提交了近150项专利，其中发明专利45项，对其产品进行了严密的保护。

　　别看一个小小的水龙头起泡器，它不但能使得水龙头出水效果截然不同，而且还能节水，其中的技术含量非常高。自从进入中国市场以来，原告纽珀公司的产品一直受到侵权产品的困扰。其中被告方奉化市山河水暖器材厂就是其中之一。山河厂对德国纽珀公司的系列起泡器进行了仿制，即使是德国纽珀公司的最新产品，也在仿制之列。2010年，德国纽珀公司经过谨慎考虑，决定在宁波中院对山河公司提起诉讼, 这也是该公司进行全球知识产权保护行动的重要部分。

　　法院开庭之时，被告方提出了和解请求，双方经过多次磋商，最终达成和解协议。在和解协议中，奉化山河公司承认侵犯了原告德国纽珀公司的多项专利权，并同意从签署和解协议之日起不再生产、销售或许诺销售与德国纽珀公司相冲突的产品，同意完全退出该产品的市场，并且承诺山河或其所有人如若再侵犯德国纽珀公司的专利权，将直接赔偿德国纽珀公司一百五十万元人民币。

　　德国纽珀公司对法院进行调解结案的方式是肯定的，同时对诉讼过程表示满意。

　　对于使用侵权的起泡器进行生产的卫浴设备企业，其行为实际上也构成了侵权，但德国纽珀公司负责专利法律事务的Dr. Amsberg 说目前纽珀公司还没有对这些下游生产企业进行诉讼的计划。然而他希望这些公司能及时停止使用侵权的起泡器等产品，避免被卷入不必要的诉讼纷争中。

　　In October last year, the State Council of China decided to conduct a special action to combating infringement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and sale of fake and inferior commodities. In order to strengthen the organization of the special action, to ensure all task to be fulfilled, the State Council specially hold a television conference on the enforcement of intellectual property sphere of the meeting. Premier Wen Jiabao made a speech, and stressed the importance of intellectual property protection. These events state again that it is the customary practice of Chinese government to safeguard the legitimate rights of intellectual property owners.

　　Recently, Ningbo People’s Intermediate Court closed eight litigations for a German patentee to against a company located in Fenghua, Zhejiang province

　　Neoperl is a world famous enterprise producing parts for water taps, which is registered in Muellheim, Germany. As a specialized international company for manufacturing flow regulators and aerators, Neoperl has filed about 150 Chinese patents, including around 45 patents for invention in China. This sets up a tight protection on its products.

　　Although aerators and flow regulators are small parts, they not only improve the quality of water flow out of taps, but also save water. They involve high technology. Since entering Chinese market, the product of plaintiff Neoperl has been beset by the infringing goods. The defendant Fenghua Shanhe is one of the infringers. Fenghua Shanhe copied all the series aerator products of Neoperl, even the newest products. In 2010, after sincerely considering, Neoperl decided to sue Fenghua Shanhe before Ningbo Intermediate People’s Court as part of its global Intellectual Property ( IP ) enforcement strategy.

　　Before the court hearing, the defendant requested court to conduct a mediation. Both parties reached a final agreement after they met and discussed several times. In the agreement of mediation, Fenghua Shanhe admits that the products involved in the eight cases infringed patent rights of Neoperl and undertake to cease the production, selling and/or offering for sale the relevant infringing products from the date of signing this agreement， and also admit to quit this market. The defendant Fenghua Shanhe also undertakes the liability of penalty of 1,500,000 RMB Yuan in case Fenghua Shanhe and/or the owner of Fenghua Shanhe violates its undertaking.

　　Neoperl considers that the approach of mediation conducted by the Court is good, while feel satisfied with the court proceedings.

　　Although the actions of the downstream enterprises which used the infringing parts in their manufacture constituted infringements, Dr. Amsberg, who is responsible to patent legal affair of Neoperl, said that Neoperl has no plan to sue these downstream enterprises at present stage. He expected that these downstream companies shall cease to use these infringing parts in their manufacture, in order to avoid unnecessary litigations of infringements.