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Geely sued Weima for 2.1 billion, the largest commercial dispute in China

Geely sued Weima for 2.1 billion, the largest commercial dispute in China

This morning, the Geely Weima case was officially heard in the Shanghai Higher People's court today. The subject matter of this case reached 2.1 billion yuan, which is the largest commercial dispute in the domestic intellectual property industry. It is understood that Geely applied to the court for a closed trial, that is, the trial process of the case is not allowed to sit in, while Weima said there was no infringement and supported a public trial.

Geely, the plaintiff, is a representative enterprise of domestic automobile independent brands, and Weima automobile, the defendant, is one of the representatives of the new forces of automobile manufacturing established in 2015. As the case was heard in private, the complaint was not publicized. It is understood that Geely sued four companies under Weima automobile this time, saying that Weima copied its models, proposed economic compensation, and asked to recover the patents applied by Weima. Weima automobile's lawyer said that Weima automobile believes that the target amount of 2.1 billion yuan does not have corresponding basis.

Public information shows that many employees of Weima automobile have worked in Geely enterprises. The models in dispute between the two sides are Geely gx7 and Ex5, but there is no direct evidence that Ex5 originates from gx7 platform. As for whether it looks like it or not, let's judge for ourselves. Experts said that the proof of intellectual property cases is more complex, and the scope and determination of trade secret points is one of the difficulties in this case.