Practices | PurpleVine IP

PATENT PROSECUTION

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Invention harvesting

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Global preparation and prosecution

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Portfolio planning

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Prior art search

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Process and docketing control

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Quality control

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Annuity fee maintenance

Our team members have a wide range of technical backgrounds, including electronics, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, IC, optoelectronics, software, semiconductors, machinery, new energy, chemical engineering, materials science, biomedical engineering, medical devices, and biotechnology. The team can also provide customized IP service to corporations, including:

For corporations with established in-house patent operation, Purplevine can improve and optimize their process in areas such as strategic portfolio planning, patent and risk analysis, invalidity challenges and defense, litigation, and patent transactions;

For start-up and early-stage corporations, the team can help establish and manage their in-house IP operation, including invention harvesting, patent drafting, prosecution, patent and risk analysis, invalidity challenges and defense, litigation and patent transactions.

Purplevine IP Group provides a wide base of well-known Chinese and international clients with patent prosecution services. The efficiency and quality of our services have been well recognized by our clients.

TCL CSOT

“The only designated IP provider.”

SF-Express

“One of SF’s key suppliers.”

Mindray

“Long-term strategic partnership.”

YMTC

“Supplier highly recognized by YMTC.”

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

AI field

The Purplevine team is well-versed in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), having established long-term collaborations with world-class AI laboratories. We have an extended history in strategically planning and drafting AI technology patents, with rich experience and profound expertise in core AI technologies. Our strengths lie particularly in patent portfolio planning and drafting for technology domains such as computer vision, speech recognition, natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and autonomous driving. We have successfully obtained numerous high-value AI patents for top-tier companies and laboratories worldwide, earning us the recognition and trust of our clients.

Internet technology field

The Purplevine team excels in patent services related to Internet technology, having established long-standing partnerships with leading Internet companies. Our extensive experience in internet-related patent services encompasses a deep understanding of innovative products and cutting-edge technologies within the Internet realm, such as cloud technology, blockchain, and big data analytics. Collaborating with clients, we have obtained numerous high-value patents for our clients, and receive high praise and recognition from our clients.

Bio-pharmaceutical field

Our biopharma team consists entirely of professionals with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, or medicine. Over half of our team members possess technical R&D experience in pharmaceutical companies, demonstrating solid expertise in areas such as large molecules, small molecules, drug preparation methods, and clinical applications. Our team has previously provided patent portfolio planning and application services to a startup team of overseas returnees in the field of genetic testing. To gain a comprehensive understanding of their innovations and practical needs, our team members conducted in-depth research into the startup team’s extensive English-language technical development materials. Through a multi-faceted approach, we strategically planned their patent filing and fully protected their core technology, resulting in the successful granting of multiple invention patent grants for the client within a year. This well-rounded and robust intellectual property protection has facilitated the smooth launch of the client's tumor early screening product into the market.

For more details, please consult: IP_MARKETING@PURPLEVINEIP.COM

IP CONSULTING

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Strategic patent planning and mapping

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Innovation research and intelligence

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Competition and risk analysis

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FTO analysis/design around

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High-value patent mining

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IP due diligence

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Initial Public Offering- related patent services

Practice Area

Our analysis and consulting team consists mostly of members with backgrounds in corporate intellectual property management and patent examination. They have collectively handled over a thousand patent cases and established specialized teams in various industry sectors including panels, semiconductors, the Internet of Things (IoT), new energy vehicles, medical devices, and medical AI. These specialized teams are dedicated to providing high-quality and consistent professional services to clients from different fields.

One-stop global IP services

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Analysis

Planning and Mapping

Prosecution

Monetization

Overseas IP risk analysis & management

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Overseas IP risk analysis

China countermeasure strategies

Global IP litigation and licensing negotiation

IP services in M&A

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Intellectual property due diligence

Intellectual property agreement

Intellectual property dispute resolution

Intellectual property-related financial data

IPO related patent services

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Proactive resolution of intellectual property issues

IP risk management

Harvesting and strategic filing for high-value patents

Pre-IPO planning

Customized services

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IP training

Strategic planning

IP management optimization

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REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

A photovoltaic enterprise

With comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the client’s product and technology, our consulting team built an evergreen patent database, with high accuracy and completeness rates, to provide the client with up-to-date patent risks and portfolio information;

Based on this database, we analyzed the client’s competitors' patent portfolio, delved into the client’s R&D project teams and production lines, engaged in in-depth discussions with technical personnel, and enhanced its patent strategies. By proactively reinforcing the patent portfolio, we were able to help our client prepare and manage potential intellectual property risks.

A bio-pharmaceutical company

Our analysis and consulting team assisted the client in analyzing risk associated with a batch of identified patents, and provided assessment reports within a short period. We also conducted stability analysis for multiple cases, performed infringement analysis on high-risk patents, and launched conducted litigation case studies and litigation outlook analysis for high-risk rights holders. This effectively helped the client establish a robust risk mitigation strategy, earning us high praises from the client.

An automotive radar startup

To achieve the client’s objectives of both safeguarding its proprietary technology and mitigating potential risks, Purplevine offered customized services that include:

Researching Chinese patents of industry peers and competitors from both domestic and international markets to conduct risk assessment with respect to the client’s technology roadmap, and facilitating design-around activities;

Performing patent mining and portfolio planning for the client’s filing strategy and protection of proprietary technology;

Conducting a thorough research on the patent roadmap of leading competitors, domestic and international, to serve as reference for the client’s R&D;

Deep-diving into the patent portfolios of the client’s competitors to help the client highlight its technological superiority to its investors.

For more details, please consult: IP_CONSULTING@PURPLEVINEIP.COM

IP MONETIZATION

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Patents incubation and investment

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Portfolio evaluation

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Patent transaction and technology transfer

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Patent-backed financing

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Patent Securitization

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Patent monetization fund

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Patent alliance & pool

Practice Area

Focused Strategic Industries

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Leveraging our deep industry roots and insight to technological innovations in strategic industries, we are able to gain unique access to many high-value patent transaction opportunities across the globe.

Comprehensive and Efficient Professional Services

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With expertise in technology, law, marketing, management and finance, our elite international team can provide clients with one-stop comprehensive services in high-value patent coverage, selection, evaluation, transaction and monetization. Our network of patent agencies, monetization companies, investment funds and law firms are seamlessly connected to serve all of our business needs.

Innovative Patent Monetization Model

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We help our clients with patent monetization in various ways, including high-value patent incubation and investment, patent-based financing and securitization, monetization funds, patent alliance, patent pools, aiming to promoting localized development through combining portfolio, patents investment, and supply chain cooperation.

Global Eco-system

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We maintain close working relationship with leading companies in global high-tech industries, international IP organizations, appraisal firms, investment institutions, law firms, industry associations, local governments, judicial bodies, research institutes, media and international standard organizations.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Patent acquisition by a leading telecommunication company engaged in new business development

Keywords：custom traceability, patent transaction

The client is a world-leading telecommunication company with plans to enter into other emerging industries. To accelerate new business development and deepen its industry engagement, while minimizing patent risks in new industrial areas through early-stage risk assessment , Purplevine was engaged to conduct research into the client’s patent competitors and finalize deals in its patent purchase.

Patent cross-licensing for a leading optoelectronic display manufacturer

Keywords：patent licensing, global litigation

The client is a leading optoelectronic display manufacturer planning to leverage its well-established patent estate to gain competitive positions in the marketplace. Purplevine was asked to design and implement a comprehensive patent litigation and licensing strategy for use against its competitors, based on its established leading position in the market and the prowess of its patent estate.

Patent pool founding and monetization for a leading storage enterprise

Keywords: patent pool, patent alliance

The client is a leading enterprise in the semiconductor storage industry. They retained Purplevine to develop a roadmap for new storage technology development, patent standardization and industrial standardization, as well as design a program for launching a patent pool for relevant new storage technologies.

Patent-backed financing for a leading optoelectronic display enterprise

Keywords：patent evaluation, patent-backed financing, patent collateral

The client is a leading optoelectronic display enterprise. Purplevine was retained to conduct a valuation of its proprietary technology and paten estate for the capital market, as well as create a new pathway for obtaining corporate financing through IP as collateral.

For more details, please consult: IP_MARKETING@PURPLEVINEIP.COM

LICENSING & LITIGATION

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Licensing/litigation strategy planning

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Infringement and stability analysis

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Investigation and evidence collection

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Licensing negotiation support

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Administrative enforcement

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Global litigation management

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Countermeasures in China and the U.S.

Practice Area

Strategic Planning and Global Management

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Rich experience in managing global licensing and litigation matters: We have managed over 50 patent litigation cases worldwide, and we take particular pride in being able to provide comprehensive and innovative solutions in resolving our clients’ IP global disputes.

We provide our clients with professional, efficient, and practical strategies, and we can team with external counsels to carry out overseas litigation strategy in a cost-effective manner. We offer flexible and customized fee arrangements to fulfill different needs of our clients.

Vast experience in bringing counterclaim litigation in China: We assist our clients in re-gaining leverage by taking legal actions in China as countermeasures.

Flexible Licensing Negotiation Strategy and Integrated Solution

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We excel at utilizing our industry experience and business network to reach favorable licensing results for our clients.

We excel at creating win-win solutions for our clients with their counterparts by deploying flexible patent monetization measures.

We excel at conducting licensing negotiations and providing strategic counseling to help our clients obtain favorable licensing or settlement terms.

Building World-class Litigation Defense Network

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We are a member in a top global lawyer cooperation network organized by China’s IP organizations, covering the world’s leading law firms in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, UK, France, Italy, and Japan, etc.

Our licensing & litigation team comprises former members of top-notch law firms and corporate legal departments. With profound legal background and practical industry experience, as well as deep understanding of both Eastern and Western cultures, they can fully understand and address the needs of Chinese multi-national companies caught in a complex overseas IP dispute.

Through intensive and unimpeded cooperation and communication with top law firms worldwide, we are able to provide one-stop services to Chinese enterprises in coping with complicated international IPR disputes, 24/7.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Ericsson v. A global telecom company (Purplevine’s client)

Overview: Purplevine represented a leading global telecommunication company in a patent litigation brought by Ericsson in the Eastern District of Texas (“EDTX”). At the beginning of case, our client successfully invalidated four of five patents-in-suit, and filed a motion for summary judgement for the remaining patent on the ground that the asserted claims were ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The EDTX denied the motion, and the case proceeded to trial, where the jury ruled that the client infringed Ericsson’s patent and awarded $110 million for damages and compensation. Upon Purplevine’s recommendation, the client appealed the case to the US Court of Appeals (“CAFC”). In April 2020, the CAFC accepted our argument and ruled that the remaining patent was ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Such ruling vacated the EDTX’s $110 million damage judgement against our client.

NPE v. A global telecom company (Purplevine’s client)

Overview: Purplevine's client, a global telecom company, was sued for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court by an international NPE (Non-Practicing Entity). After taking over the case management, the Purplevine IP team conducted technical analysis and formulated litigation response strategies for the patent in question. In addition to fighting this NPE in litigation proceedings, the Purplevine team evaluated the feasibility of bringing IPR proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Finally, as a result of the PTAB's investigation, the NPE's ongoing patent infringement litigation may be suspended; if the patent in question were eventually invalidated, the damages arising from the series of lawsuits would also be extinguished. The NPE thus chose to quickly reach a settlement with Purplevine's client and filed a joint motion to stay proceedings with the PTAB.

A leading panel manufacturer (Purplevine’s client) v. a Competitor

Overview: Purplevine represented a leading panel manufacturer in a lawsuit against its competitor in China. During the proceeding, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court accepted our request of freezing a large amount of defendant’s funds and issuing an injunction enjoining the defendant from making products utilizing the patent-in-suit.

For more details, please consult: IP_DISPUTE@PURPLEVINEIP.COM

TRADEMARK & COPYRIGHT

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Trademark strategy planning

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Global filing & prosecution of trademark

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Trademark dispute & enforcement

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Post registration maintenance & management

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Trademark licensing & transaction

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Copyright registration

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Domain name & business name enforcement

Purplevine’s Strengths and Scope of Services

Vast pool of trademark resources

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Close partnership with leading trademark agencies worldwide

Trademark services with global perspective

Meeting the global branding needs of multi-national companies

Rich experience in trademark representation

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Majority of our cases involve international trademarks and brands

Our team has enjoyed unfettered access to the Trademark Office through the years

Our core team members have over two decades of aggregate trademark experience

Trademark process control

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Our process professionals are well-versed in the trademark process

We drive for cross-department collaboration to support high quantity and high-quality cases

We are specialized in helping clients manage trademark quality and costs

Legal risk management

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We closely monitor regulatory and legal developments around the world so that we can provide most up-to-date counseling to our clients

We can provide customized analysis and recommendations that are professional, effective and compliance-driven

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Strategic trademark counseling

For a domestic medical device company, Purplevine was retained to provide the following services upon conducting a thorough competitor analysis:

Analyzed the competitor’s trademarks and sketched out their filing strategy information;
Developed a trademark and branding strategy for the following 3-5 years based on the client’s business strategy;
We met the client’s each and every need by closely engaging the client and methodically collecting input from the client.

Comprehensive trademark management service

For an international tech group and its affiliates in need of trademark and brand protection, Purplevine was retained to provide the following:

We were able to offer a one-stop trademark service package, including but not limited to strategic planning, risk assessment, registration and application, dispute and protection of trademark rights, and maintenance and docketing;
We were able to offer customized solutions based on the client’s specific business needs, and provide timely feedback in order to proactively meet the client’s changing needs.

Trademark opposition in China

Our client had encountered a major setback. Having not planned any trademark and branding strategy beforehand, our client discovered that its trademark had been registered by its former trademark agency, without the client’s knowledge.

Through in-depth analysis on the competitor’s information and market research, Purplevine’s senior trademark agents collected evidence via various channels, demonstrating that the client had in fact been using the brand for over 20 years. The former agency thus registered the trademark in Taiwan without authorization. With ample corroborating evidence, we helped the client successfully cancel the trademark registered by the former agency.

For more details, please consult: IP_MARKETING@PURPLEVINEIP.COM