DBTL Loses Lawsuit against MOTOROLA for Design Piracy with Dozen Millions’ Counterclaim

September 30, 2006

In the late August, Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court issued the first-instance verdict on the copyright dispute brought by Shanghai DBTL Industrial Co., Ltd. (the Plaintiff) against MOTOROLA (China) Electronic Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Bailian Group Stock Co., Ltd. (the Defendants). Holding that the action of MOTOROLA’s manufacturing Circuit Board according to the drawings of the printed circuit board does not constitute copyright infringement as prescribed by the Copyright Law, the Court overruled the plaintiff’s claim of ordering the two defendants to stop the infringement action and indemnifying the economic loss of RMB 99,300,000 (around US$ 1,241, 250).