IA Powertron Strongly Denies Patent Infringement Claims... "Baseless, Will Take Legal Action"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] IA Powertron announced on the 22nd that JEMJECO's claim of design patent infringement is a malicious business obstruction act with no legal basis, and that it will strongly respond by taking all possible civil and criminal legal measures such as obstruction of business and defamation of credit.

On the 18th, JEMJECO announced through media reports that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit at the Seoul District Court regarding the semiconductor package products mass-produced by IA Powertron.

IA Powertron stated, "We are utterly baffled by JEMJECO's false media reports," adding, "JEMJECO sent us a certified letter regarding design rights infringement on December 2, 2020, and we immediately sent a rebuttal based on objective facts on December 11, 2020. Since then, there has been no response, and now, two months later, they have maliciously published an article to obstruct our business."

A company official rebutted, "We have sufficient data and evidence to objectively prove all facts regarding JEMJECO's patent infringement claim, and JEMJECO is well aware of this. Therefore, JEMJECO's use of false media articles to maliciously damage our credit and obstruct our business constitutes intentional illegal activity."

He continued, "According to JEMJECO's claim, the 'design' of the power semiconductor packages we produce and sell infringes on JEMJECO's 'registered design.' However, fundamentally, the registered design in question pertains to a case where we designed the basic and improved specifications and requested JEMJECO to produce samples. Therefore, JEMJECO's design registration application for the product is unauthorized use and invalid."

Furthermore, "Ultimately, the 'registered design' claimed by JEMJECO is neither a lawful nor valid design, and it is completely unrelated to 'technology' or 'patents.' Thus, JEMJECO's patent infringement claim has no basis or reason. Even if JEMJECO contributed partially to the design creation, when two or more people jointly create a design, the design rights are shared, and all co-creators must apply for design registration. Therefore, if JEMJECO applied for design registration alone, it is itself subject to invalidation proceedings."

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