SPC: Technical Features Should Be Interpreted In Combination With The Purpose Of The Invention

Recently, China's SPC concluded a second-instance patent infringement case, in which the SPC interpreted the technical features in combination with the purpose of the invention, and finally rendered a judgment contrary to the first instance, ruling that the infringement was not established.

The patent involved in this case is a utility model patent entitled "Notebook with USB disk", wherein the technical feature recorded in claim 1 is "one end of the USB disk is inserted into the other end of the nose belt in a plug-in mode, and the other end of the USB disk is magnetically connected to the metal buckle". In the alleged infringing product, a circular magnet piece is embedded in a leather compartment on the front side of the notebook, and one end of the nose belt is fixed to the back of the notebook, and the other end is connected to a metal containment part, and the end of the metal containment part has another circular magnet piece, which can be magnetically