China board trading network news: Due to the restriction of foreign patents on floor locks, Chinese flooring products must pay high technical patent fees to enter the global market, which seriously affects the international market competitiveness of China's flooring industry. The reporter learned that this situation is about to change. There will be hundreds of overseas patents for floor locks that will expire this year. Our flooring industry will usher in a great opportunity for patent rights protection. On April 1st, the China Forest Product Industry Association organized a floor company to hold a seminar on patent rights protection. Experts in the fields of law and intellectual property helped floor companies analyze the situation of patent rights protection and jointly discussed how Chinese flooring companies took the opportunity to carry out floor rights protection and patent development work. . Wu Shengfu, deputy director of the China Forest Products Industry Association, said that at present, China’s export floor requires an average of US$1 per square meter of royalties, and in the context of rising costs and declining profits, high patent fees will bring great results to floor exporters. Burden and stress. Wu Shengfu said that in 2017 there will be 246 patents for floor locks that will become publicly known technologies and will no longer be protected by law. Experts suggest that Chinese flooring companies should dynamically track and pay attention to the legal status of domestic and foreign patents related to their products, focus on preventing patents that have been granted, pay close attention to public patents, actively use invalid patents, and carry out patent protection through combination design, bypass design, and other methods. Wang Zhongming, deputy director of the Intellectual Property Research Center of the State Forestry Administration, said that the wooden floor lock technology is mainly in the hands of European countries, in particular UNILIN in Belgium and Valinge in Sweden. These two companies account for nearly half of the global lockup technology patents, and they have laid out a large number of patents in the major lock technology markets in China and the United States. In the past five years, the lockup technology research and development activities of these two companies are still very active. The strength of China's latching technology has grown rapidly in recent years, but compared with European countries, the gap in technological strength is still large, especially the lack of large enterprises with strong technical force. In addition, China's patented lockup technology patents are mainly confined to the mainland. There are few overseas patents and there is a significant patent deficit compared to Europe and the United States. Wang Zhongming introduced that UNILIN’s US registered patent “US6006486A†will expire in June this year. Domestic enterprises should seize the opportunity to digest and innovate their technologies, and pay attention to UNILIN’s patents in recent years. A large number of technological modifications and peripheral patent layouts were carried out. Some of the high-cited patents "WO1996SE291A" and "JP1994116024A" have not been deployed in China and have expired or are about to be fully utilized by domestic enterprises. In addition, the patented technology of the locks for the foreign companies that applied for China with the publication numbers “CN1109174Câ€, “CN1087056Câ€, “CN1928297A†and “CN1932209A†have all become invalid, and domestic enterprises can use them for free. China Forest Products Industry Association attaches great importance to the importance of the rights protection of China's flooring companies. Shi Feng, secretary-general of the China Forest Products Industry Association, put forward 4 suggestions: First, companies should sort out information as soon as possible to analyze the situation of the company's use of domestic and foreign patents; Second, the association set up a network consulting platform to invite professional lawyers and intellectual property experts to respond to relevant patents. The third issue is led by the China Forest Products Industry Association, which organizes domestic flooring companies to negotiate with foreign patent companies. Fourth, it is preparing to establish a patented technology alliance for wood floor locks, organizing industry experts and key enterprises to carry out patent portfolios, design, and in-depth development of wooden floor locks. Buckle technology to enhance the core competitiveness of China's flooring industry. The above information, relevant Baoyuan plate supply information, plate purchase, etc. Please pay attention to the Chinese plate trading network Grease GUN SUZHOU CREATION SPACE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD , https://www.pkanglegrinder.com