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Jiangsu Baite Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Huai'an Kangbaite Carpet Co., Ltd. v. Xu Zanyou (A case about disputes over compensation for losses caused by applications for provisional measures)
江苏拜特进出口贸易有限公司、江苏省淮安市康拜特地毯有限公司诉许赞有因申请临时措施损害赔偿纠纷案
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  • Type of Dispute: IPR-->IPR Ownership & Infringement
  • Legal document: Judgment
  • Judgment date: 05-30-2008
  • Procedural status: Trial at Second Instance

Jiangsu Baite Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Huai’an Kangbaite Carpet Co., Ltd. v. Xu Zanyou (A case about disputes over compensation for losses caused by applications for provisional measures)
(A case about disputes over compensation for losses caused by applications for provisional measures)
江苏拜特进出口贸易有限公司、江苏省淮安市康拜特地毯有限公司诉许赞有因申请临时措施损害赔偿纠纷案

Jiangsu Baite Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Huai'an Kangbaite Carpet Co., Ltd. v. Xu Zanyou
(A case about disputes over compensation for losses caused by applications for provisional measures)@#
[Judgment Abstract]@#
Under Article 96 of the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, where there is an error in an application, the applicant shall compensate for the respondent's loss due to property preservation. Under Article 13 of the Several Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Law regarding the Halting of Acts Infringing upon Patent Rights Prior to Litigation, where the applicant did not file a lawsuit or cause loss to the respondent due to an error in the application, the respondent may either file a lawsuit in the people's court having jurisdiction over the suit to claim damages against the applicant or submit a claim for damages in the suit over patent infringement filed by the patent owner or interested persons, and the people's court may handle the claims together. Thus, in circumstances where the rights of the patent owner were declared invalid and the application submitted by the patent owner for property preservation and the halting of patent infringement caused loss to the respondent, it is to be deemed an error in the application under the law and judicial interpretation stated above. If the respondent claims damages from the applicant, the people's court shall uphold such a claim.@#
BASIC FACTS
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Plaintiff: Jiangsu Baite Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd., domiciled at Xiamen Road, Economic Development Area, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province.@#
Legal Representative: Liu Yihai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of this Company.@#
Plaintiff: Jiangsu Huai'an Kangbaite Carpet Co., Ltd., domiciled at Xiamen Road, Economic Development Area, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province.@#
Legal Representative: Liu Yibo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of this Company.@#
Defendant: Xu Zanyou, male, 60, domiciled at Group 16, Yanchi Street, Haizhou District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province.@#
The plaintiffs, Jiangsu Baite Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Baite Company”) and Jiangsu Huai'an Kangbaite Carpet Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Kangbaite Company”) filed a lawsuit before the Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province against the defendant, Xu Zanyou, for disputes over compensation for losses caused by Xu Zanyou's applications for provisional measures.@#
As alleged by Baite Company and Kangbaite Company: On April 6, 2004, Xu Zanyou filed a lawsuit before the Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing City, claiming that Baite Company and Kangbaite Company had infringed upon his utility model titled “Carpet (Bamboo)” (patent number: 01333737.8). On the same day, upon application of Xu Zanyou, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing City rendered a ruling to freeze a total of 300,000 yuan bank deposits of both companies. On April 19 of the same year, Xu Zanyou filed another lawsuit against the two companies for their infringement upon the above utility mode, and on May 13 of the same year, upon application of Xu Zanyou, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing City seized the carpet products of Baite Company to be exported through Nanjing Customs and froze a total of 2.4 million yuan bank deposits of both companies.@#
On August 18, 2005, in its No. 7432 review decision, the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter referred to as the “Patent Reexamination Board”), declared that Xu Zanyou's utility model titled “Carpet (Bamboo)” (patent number: 01333737.8) as involved in this case was invalid. This decision was sustained in a subsequent administrative judgment (No. 256 [2006], Final, HPC, Beijing) of the Higher People's Court of Beijing. Accordingly, the utility model at issue should be null at the inception. The improper applications of Xu Zanyou resulted in the freezing of a large sum of bank deposits of Baite Company and Kangbaite Company, and to maintain normal operations, the two companies had to borrow money from others and pay additional interest of 164,327.01 yuan. Because the carpets of Baite Company to be exported were seized, Baite Company could not perform signed contracts and had to pay high liquidated damages under the contracts. Afterwards, such carpets were extinguished. Xu Zanyou should also compensate the plaintiffs for their actual losses in costs and expenses, such as freight fees, customs clearance fees, commodity inspection fees, harbor dues, de-stuffing fee and container storage charges, amounting to 1,838,988.29 yuan. The plaintiffs requested the court to order Xu Zanyou to compensate them in a total amount of 2,003,315.3 yuan for economic losses and bear all the litigation costs of this case.@#
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江苏拜特进出口贸易有限公司、江苏省淮安市康拜特地毯有限公司诉许赞有因申请临时措施损害赔偿纠纷案@#
【裁判摘要】@#
中华人民共和国民事诉讼法》第九十六条规定:“申请有错误的,申请人应当赔偿被申请人因财产保全所遭受的损失。”最高人民法院《关于对诉前停止侵犯专利权行为适用法律问题的若干规定》第十三条规定:“申请人不起诉或者申请错误造成被申请人损失的,被申请人可以向有管辖权的人民法院起诉请求申请人赔偿,也可以在专利权人或者利害关系人提起的专利权侵权诉讼中提出损害赔偿的请求,人民法院可以一并处理。”据此,专利权人的专利权最终被宣告无效,专利权人提出财产保全和停止侵犯专利权申请给被申请人造成损失的,属于上述法律、司法解释规定的“申请有错误”,被申请人据此请求申请人依法予以赔偿的,人民法院应予支持。@#
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原告:江苏拜特进出口贸易有限公司。@#
法定代表人:刘义海,该公司董事长。@#
原告:江苏省淮安市康拜特地毯有限公司。@#
法定代表人:刘义波,该公司董事长。@#
被告:许赞有。@#
原告江苏拜特进出口贸易有限公司 (以下简称拜特公司)、江苏省淮安市康拜特地毯有限公司(以下简称康拜特公司)因与被告许赞有发生申请临时措施损害赔偿纠纷,向江苏省南京市中级人民法院提起诉讼。@#
原告拜特公司、康拜特公司诉称:2004年4月6日,被告许赞有向南京市中级人民法院起诉拜特公司、康拜特公司侵犯其 01333737.8号“地毯(竹)”外观设计专利权,南京市中级人民法院根据许赞有的申请于2004年4月6日裁定查封了两原告银行存款30万元。同年4月19日,许赞有又以侵犯该专利为由另案起诉两原告,南京市中级人民法院根据许赞有的申请于同年5月13日查封拜特公司通过南京海关出口的地毯产品,查封(冻结)两原告银行存款240万元。@#
2005年8月18日,国家知识产权局专利复审委员会(以下简称专利复审委)以 7432号无效审查决定,宣告被告许赞有的涉案01333737.8号“地毯(竹)”外观设计专利权全部无效,后北京市高级人民法院以(2006)高行终字第256号行政判决维持该决定。据此,涉案专利自始无效。由于许赞有的不当申请,致使原告拜特公司、康拜特公司大量银行存款被冻结,为维持正常经营,两原告不得不对外借款,并额外支付利息款164 327.01元。由于拜特公司出口地毯产品被查封,不能正常履行已经签订的合同,不得不按合同支付高额违约赔偿金,后该部分地毯产灭失。此外,许赞有还须承担实际发生的运费、报关费、商检费、港口费、掏箱费、集装箱暂存费等费用损失计1 838 988.29元。请求判令许赞有赔偿两原告损失共计2 003 315.3元,由许赞有承担本案全部诉讼费用。@#
被告许赞有辩称:1.原告拜特公司和康拜特公司全部诉讼请求的法律依据均系《中华人民共和国民事诉讼法》(以下简称民事诉讼法)第九十六条之规定,并无实体法依据;2.两原告提起的本案诉讼是因为许赞有涉案专利权被宣告无效,但被告提出保全在前,涉案专利权被宣告无效在后,故两原告认为许赞有在专利有效期内提出财产保全申请错误没有法律依据;3.依据《中华人民共和国专利法》(以下简称专利法)第四十七条规定,宣告无效的专利权视为自始即不存在,但只有当专利权人的恶意给他人造成损失的,才应当承担赔偿责任。两原告提交的证据并不能证明被告系恶意造成他人损失。请求法院依法驳回两原告的诉讼请求。@#
南京市中级人民法院一审查明:@#
2001年6月13日,被告许赞有向国家知识产权局申请“地毯(竹)”外观设计专利,2002年3月6日获得授权并公告,专利号为01333737.8。2003年4月16日,许赞有向南京市中级人民法院起诉原告拜特公司、康拜特公司侵犯涉案专利权,该案案号为(2003)宁民三初字第95号。2003年4月30日,拜特公司和康拜特公司就许赞有涉案专利向专利复审委提出无效申请,南京市中级人民法院裁定中止诉讼。2004年 2月24日,专利复审委作出第5846号审查决定,维持专利权有效。南京市中级人民法院依法恢复审理后,于2004年7月7日作出一审判决,判令拜特公司、康拜特公司立即停止生产、销售侵犯许赞有 01333737.8号“地毯(竹)”外观设计专利权产品的行为,并赔偿许赞有14万元。拜特公司和康拜特公司不服该判决,向江苏省高级人民法院提出上诉,2004年12月15日,江苏省高级人民法院终审判决驳回上诉,维持原判。同时,拜特公司和康拜特公司不服专利复审委员会第5846号审查决定,向北京市第一中级人民法院提出行政诉讼,2004年9月20日,该院判决维持第 5846号无效宣告请求审查决定。@#
2003年12月5日,案外人安吉县雪强竹木制品有限公司就许赞有涉案专利向专利复审委提出无效宣告请求,2004年4月21日,专利复审委作出第6023号审查决定,维持该专利权有效。@#
2004年4月6日,南京市中级人民法院在审理(2004)宁民三初字第63号被告许赞有诉原告拜特公司、康拜特公司侵犯专利权纠纷一案中,根据许赞有申请,裁定冻结拜特公司和康拜特公司30万元的银行存款,自2004年4月7日至2005年10月7日实际冻结康拜特公司在中国工商银行淮安市分行开立的1110030109200019928账户存款30万元。2004年8月6日,南京市中级人民法院作出一审判决,判令康拜特公司立即停止生产、销售侵犯许赞有 01333737.8号“地毯(竹)”外观设计专利权产品的行为;赔偿许赞有18万元。康拜特公司不服,向江苏省高级人民法院提起上诉。@#
2004年4月20日,南京市中级人民法院在审理(2004)宁民三初字第79号被告许赞有诉原告拜特公司、康拜特公司侵犯专利权纠纷一案中,在许赞有提供相应担保的前提下,根据许赞有“先行责令被告立即停止侵犯专利权行为”的申请,裁定拜特公司、康拜特公司自裁定送达之日起立即停止生产、销售与许赞有01333737.8号“地毯(竹)”外观设计专利相同或相近似的产品,并就地查封拜特公司、康拜特公司全部库存的涉嫌侵权产品1110块。2004年5月10日,拜特公司为履行与案外人安立 (香港)有限公司2004年1月27日签订的总价款约为73万美元的出口销售合同,在南京海关申报出口合同项下价款为11余万美元、数量为6930块的与许赞有涉案专利相同的竹地毯产品时,被南京海关以该批产品涉嫌侵犯许赞有已办理海关知识产权保护的专利权为由予以扣押。2004年5月13日,根据许赞有申请,南京市中级人民法院裁定查封并扣押该批拜特公司通过南京海关出口的与许赞有涉案专利相同或相近似的产品,并通知南京海关协助执行该裁定。拜特公司因未能向安立(香港)有限公司履约,于2004年7月赔偿对方4万美元。@#
2004年10月9日,南京市中级人民法院在审理前述(2004)宁民三初字第79号案件时,在被告许赞有提供相应担保的前提下,依许赞有的申请,依法裁定冻结原告拜特公司和康拜特公司240万元的银行存款或等值其他财产。两原告在银行账户被冻结期间,向袁玄等个人借款90余万元,并按照月息1%支付了利息。@#
2005年2月16日,南京市中级人民法院作出(2004)宁民三初字第79号一审判决,判令原告康拜特公司、拜特公司立即停止生产、销售侵犯被告许赞有 01333737.8号“地毯(竹)”外观设计专利权产品的行为;赔偿许赞有122万元。康拜特公司和拜特公司不服,向江苏省高级人民法院提起上诉。@#
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