Susan Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 the news is out and the lawsuit is happening in central district of California. Hangzhou Chic files suit against Razor USA over Hoverboard Design Patent On Thursday, May 19, 2016, Hangzhou Chic Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Razor USA, LLC in federal court in the Central District of California. Chic alleges that Razor’s Hovertrax brand of electric personal transporters, commonly known as “hoverboards,” infringe Chic’s design patent, United States Design Patent No. D737,723. Chic’s patented design covers the familiar ornamental design of many hoverboards on the market. Chic’s lawsuit alleges that Razor infringes Chic’s patent because Razor’s Hovertrax products are substantially similar in appearance to Chic’s patented design. Chic’s lawsuit seeks monetary damages and a court order to prevent Razor from continuing to infringe the patent going forward. Chic’s case against Razor is the first lawsuit Chic has filed asserting its intellectual property rights in the United States. “Chic intends to vigilantly protect its intellectual property rights against infringers, and at the same time relentlessly defend itself in the 337 investigation brought by Razor before the ITC,” Mr. Ying added. Chic will be distributed under the 4WRD brand.Chic’s hoverboard products, including their lithium-ion batteries, are UL certified as required by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 all in the news now. http://www.newschannel10.com/story/32040095/hangzhou-chic-files-patent-infringement-suit-in-the-us-against-razor# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planetpapi Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 A guy invented Hovertrax. He didn't really capitalize on it. Still thinking to make money on it. In the mean time China copied. Produced unsafe products in troves and dumped them all over the world. They exploded and burnt some houses down. Airlines banned them. Universities banned them. Cities banned them. Laws were created to restrict them in public places. Suddenly all hoverboards are recalled. Public had a bad image of hoverboards. The rise and fall happened in few months. Hundreds of companies closed their production and moved on to copy something else. Public is forgetting about hoverboards. The fire has settled down. The original Hovertrax guy still didn't make money. But NOW someone is suing someone on a nearly forgotten, ill fated product? Why God why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverH Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 24 minutes ago, Planetpapi said: A guy invented Hovertrax. He didn't really capitalize on it. Still thinking to make money on it. In the mean time China copied. Produced unsafe products in troves and dumped them all over the world. They exploded and burnt some houses down. Airlines banned them. Universities banned them. Cities banned them. Laws were created to restrict them in public places. Suddenly all hoverboards are recalled. Public had a bad image of hoverboards. The rise and fall happened in few months. Hundreds of companies closed their production and moved on to copy something else. Public is forgetting about hoverboards. The fire has settled down. The original Hovertrax guy still didn't make money. But NOW someone is suing someone on a nearly forgotten, ill fated product? Why God why? To get attraction. Who cares about this balance boards? There's no use case I can imagine where a balance board has an advantage over EUCs. The balance boards and their low quality (at least in the beginning) gave bad reputation over the whole self balancing products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Planetpapi said: A guy invented Hovertrax. He didn't really capitalize on it. Still thinking to make money on it. In the mean time China copied. Produced unsafe products in troves and dumped them all over the world. They exploded and burnt some houses down. Airlines banned them. Universities banned them. Cities banned them. Laws were created to restrict them in public places. Suddenly all hoverboards are recalled. Public had a bad image of hoverboards. The rise and fall happened in few months. Hundreds of companies closed their production and moved on to copy something else. Public is forgetting about hoverboards. The fire has settled down. The original Hovertrax guy still didn't make money. But NOW someone is suing someone on a nearly forgotten, ill fated product? Why God why? Are you sure that is the whole story about the patent? what i heard is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag_Rip Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I have a slight feeling you try to sell hoverboards in the wrong thread by covering it up with a news-story... On 21.5.2016 at 9:17 PM, Susan said: If you are interested in getting a 4WRD, contact Hoverboard Houston@ 5017775098 for a test drive or more. Are you affiliated with this company? If yes, we have the policy in this forum to limit sales activity to designated parts of the forum. So if you are selling them, I will move this thread to the Advertisement section. If you are not selling them, please edit your post to remove the Advertisement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverH Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 15 hours ago, Susan said: Are you sure that is the whole story about the patent? what i heard is different. Feel free to explain us the story on Shane Chen, Inventist and Solowheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardmech Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Does the USPTO actually do any work? Here you have a design patent approved when the body design actually came from another patent submitted earlier. I think no less than 5 companies know have the same patent on a self balancing vehicle with a MEMS gyro and DC motor and they still keep approving more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 there are more details here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverH Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 42 minutes ago, Susan said: there are more details here. Weird writing. Let's wait what happens. Is Chic a member of the self balancing vehicle association? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardmech Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I can't find any Chic hoverboard US patents that are earlier than the inventist kickstarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverH Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 55 minutes ago, lizardmech said: I can't find any Chic hoverboard US patents that are earlier than the inventist kickstarter. Ouch. Than it will be withdrawn. So that suing stuff is only marketing to say hey here we're? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Check out all "her" posts on her profile. She Clearly works for Chic (whoever the hell they are!) and has made no attempt to declare "her" interest before scattering pro Chic posts around this forum. Completely unacceptable behaviour which speaks volumes about Chic's products, and ethics,in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantas Malūkas Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 This article is way more in-depth and reports the true story and hoverboard patent issues https://dailyhover.com/hoverboard-patent-wars-heat-up-as-chic-sues-swagway/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardmech Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 My favorite part of the patent is where it cites the inventist hoverboard made a year earlier despite it being the exact same thing. https://www.google.com/patents/US9376155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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