The use of such a long-term two-dimensional code actually infringed?

Is it a total of two? One is a two-dimensional code with a business logo in the middle. One is a pure two-dimensional code picture. What did you bring with it?

Many people do not understand what is the difference between the two. What kind of infringement does it involve? Let’s take a look at the world of 2D code intellectual property you don’t know today.

On November 9 this year, the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter referred to as the Patent Reexamination Board) publicly examined a special case. Both sides of the case are familiar with the company, one is the famous Tencent, and the other is everyone is familiar with the Galaxy Link Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Galaxy Link), specifically because of what happened? ? This will also start from 2006.

On April 29, 2006, Galaxy submitted an invention patent application entitled “A Synthesizing System and Method of Two-Dimensional Codes and Logos” and was authorized on September 15, 2010. It is a clever combination of two-dimensional code and corporate logo, so that ordinary two-dimensional code has a special corporate identity, and does not affect the technology of two-dimensional code recognition.

Speaking of here a lot of friends are estimated to have a bit of Mongolian, willing to download the QR code generator on the Internet casually, we are everywhere in the middle of a mosaic of a QR code with a logo, are infringement? !

At present, Galaxy Link only authorizes Ziguang Xinye Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Ziguang Xinye Company) to operate. In 2015, Ziguang Xinye Company appealed to a Guangdong company for infringement of the patent right of the patent involved. The court demanded that it stop the infringement.

Seeing here, you may gradually understand the lawsuit that Tencent and Galaxy have mentioned at the beginning of the article. It's definitely a sign that Galaxy has sent Tencent to you. Think about Tencent's so many products using this kind of logo. There are countless users in WeChat alone. This does not include account numbers for various public platforms. This is the big user of the “logo QR code”!

It is estimated that there will be more friends, and in the end who is infringing?

From the perspective of patents, yes, Tencent is infringing, but why does Tencent want to sue Galaxy Link? The reason is simple. Tencent believes that the Galaxy-linked patent is allegedly invalid, and requests the Patent Reexamination Board to declare that all the patent claims involved are invalid.

Did everyone understand if you see here? Tencent's move is indeed powerful enough, if the request is successful, all the two-dimensional code images of Tencent will not need to make any adjustments and can continue to use, which is good for Tencent, but also allows a large number of two-dimensional logo The onlookers of the code exempted the defendant from the risk of infringement.

However, if the complaint is successful, it will have a certain impact on the two-dimensional code industry. It will be even more unfavorable to the relevant authorities of the country for the safe management of the two-dimensional code entrance; however, if it is maintained effective, the technology may be more widely Applications.

Seeing here, my friends may have my own thoughts in mind. At present, there are various kinds of QR codes on the market. Many phishing websites and even viruses are hidden in the QR code, waiting for users to scan, and many manufacturers claim to have The dimensional code has a forgery-proof effect, and it is even more confusing for this industry. The two-dimensional code industry needs to sort out and regulate, and issues corresponding policies.

Faced with so many true and false QR codes, friends must keep their eyes open when they scan, identify genuinely safe QR codes and QR code tags, and improve their own discriminative ability while minimizing losses. .