Innoscience fights back in GaN patent battle
Chinese GaN company Innoscience has issued a press statement about its ongoing patent battle with US GaN firm Efficient Power Conversion (EPC).
Innoscience states that it has defeated the entirety of US Patent No. 8,404,508, in the initial determination of the US International Trade Commission (ITC). This follows EPC's statement yesterday saying that that ITC found the patent valid, but not infringed by Innoscience.
Innoscience adds that the ITC, however, found violation as to US Patent No. 8,350,294, what EPC describes as its foundational patent used broadly across multiple industries.
Innoscience says it disagrees with this judgement, and adds that ’508 and ’294 patents asserted by EPC are currently under review by the US Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO).
Innoscience further adds "the ITC’s decision further confirms EPC’s lawsuits against Innoscience are misguided. EPC continues to struggle in its meritless attacks on Innoscience. In all four USPTO rulings, three judges from the USPTO have initially agreed with Innoscience, that the EPC patents that Innoscience challenged at the USPTO are invalid."
An EPC spokesperson commented: “Innoscience has falsely implied that the US Patent and Trademark invalidated our foundational ’294 patent. To the contrary, the U.S. International Trade Commission just declared our patent valid and infringed by Innoscience, and the USPTO will separately rule on the ’294’s validity in March 2025 – but it has not decided yet. Regardless of what the USPTO does, the ITC will ban the imports of all Innoscience products into the United States early next year, should its initial finding of infringement of the ’294 stand in the ITC’s final determination this November.”
