AMSC AMSC, a global
solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, today announced that it
expects China's Supreme People's Court to hold an additional hearing regarding
AMSC's copyright infringement case against Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd
(Sinovel). The date for this hearing has yet to be determined.
Among AMSC's cases against Sinovel is a civil action for software copyright
infringement that was filed with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's
Court. The case alleges Sinovel's unauthorized copying and use of portions of
AMSC's wind turbine control software developed for Sinovel's 1.5 MW wind
turbines and the binary code, or upper layer, of AMSC's software for its
PM3000 power converters. In this case, AMSC is seeking a cease and desist
order and damages totaling $6 million.
In November 2011, Sinovel filed a motion to remove this case from the Beijing
No. 1 Intermediate People's Court and transfer the matter to the Beijing
Arbitration Commission. The court denied Sinovel's motion to remove the case.
Sinovel filed an appeal of that decision to the Beijing Higher People's Court,
and the Beijing Higher People's Court supported the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate
People's Court's ruling and rejected Sinovel's appeal. Sinovel then filed an
appeal of that decision with China's Supreme People's Court. A hearing
regarding this appeal was held at the Chinese Supreme People's Court on
October 26, 2012. The Supreme People's Court has now ruled that it will hold a
hearing to review the jurisdictional matter and that the lower court
proceedings shall be stayed pending the Supreme Court outcome.
This is one of four legal cases that AMSC brought against Sinovel in late 2011
regarding Sinovel's contractual breaches and AMSC's discovery of intellectual
property theft by Sinovel.
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