Lock Companies Participate in Patent Protection Battle

Wenzhou is known as China's lock capital, 2012-2015 "China's top ten lock king" Wenzhou's enterprises Zhejiang Zhongli Group Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Universal Lock Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Tianyu Industry & Trade Group Co., Ltd., Baodeli Industry Co., Ltd. IV The list is famous. With the intensification of competition, the competitiveness of many lock-making companies comes from low-cost. Due to the lack of independent innovation, imitation and plagiarism are widespread in the industry. Recently, a case of Wenzhou Universal Lock Co., Ltd., whose motorcycle locks were infringed, finally came to an end. After mediation by the court, the defendant promised to stop production and sales of products that infringe plaintiff Wenzhou Universal Lock Co., Ltd.'s patented design patents.

The successful predecessor Universal Locks registered trademarks in 7 countries in the world, 95% of which were exported to more than 30 countries and regions including the European Union, the United States, and Japan. There are 162 national patents, including 8 inventions and utility models. 66 pieces. Zhao Fang, a general-purpose lock engineer, said that the phenomenon of other companies infringing the appearance of universal locks has always appeared. They used to indulge other companies’ infringements because of long time to appeal and find relevant evidence. Since last year, they have taken the initiative to attack. Crack down on infringements.

Wenzhou Hardware Industry Association Secretary-General Li Guorong said that at present there are more than 400 lock companies in Wenzhou and more than 100 are above the scale. Most of the companies are small and micro enterprises. The lack of innovation capability has resulted in widespread product imitating phenomenon. Therefore, the use of universal locks won the case. Opportunities, advocating enterprises to enhance their ability to innovate, encourage more enterprises to participate in the battle for the protection of patent rights, protect their own products in Wenzhou, and make Wenzhou's locks bigger and stronger.