Japan's Bermuda responds to millet plagiarism

Absrtact: December 11 News, Millet has just released the air purifier and the Airengine air purifier height similar to, in this respect, the official statement, said that the Bermuda did not have any form of cooperation with millet, nor the relevant patent license

December 11 News, Millet just released the air purifier and the Airengine, the air purifier height similar to, in this, the official statement, said that the Bermuda did not have any form of cooperation with millet, nor the relevant patent licensing to millet, The founder and chief designer of the product, Wei Xuan, also said that it wanted to be imitated by its spirit of innovation, not its products.

December 9, Millet released the air purifier, the product from the shape, internal structure and promotional copy, and so on January 15 with the Airengine Air purifier released on the high level, the official statement, the company said Several companies, including Millet technology, have offered to co-operate with the company, but because of the urgency of its own product development schedule, it has so far not cooperated with millet technology in any way.

In addition, in Japan and China, Airengine applied for the technical design patent and design patent of the air purifier for the wind, and obtained the relevant patent registration. Millet and its affiliated companies also did not submit to the airengine of the air purifier for the use of the relevant Patent license application.

For Millet repeatedly mentioned in the Millet Air Purifier research and development manager Chong Also, he also confirmed that he had served in Bermuda, in May 2014. Chong also signed an exit agreement with the Bermuda Clause, which includes non-compete clauses, application terms for patent use and confidentiality clauses. It will verify that he is also involved in the development of the Millet air purifier, whether the services provided in breach of the foregoing provisions, and accordingly determine whether further legal measures have been taken. But in the patent applications that China and Japan have already completed and are using in any airengine air purifier, Mr. Big Ben is not a patent owner.

The founder of the Bermuda brand and the chief designer of the product, Wei Xuan, also issued a personal statement saying that he was puzzled by the astonishing similarity between the air purifier in the Millet and the products released by the company in 2012. Balmuda said that innovation is the gene of Bamuda, and hopes to be imitated by the innovative spirit of the buck, not its product. He also said that all enterprises should seriously consider how to through continuous technological innovation, through sound competition to repay consumers.

Appendix I: The official statement of the Government of Bermuda

Statement

December 9, 2014, the Millet technology released the air purifier, the product from the shape, internal structure and promotional copy and so on with the company in early this year released Airengine air purifier height similar. Many media and consumers have asked or commented on the matter through the Internet, emails, microblogs, micro-letters and telephone calls, and the following facts are described here:

The Airengine air purifier, which was launched on the same day at Amazon on January 15 this year, has been marketed in major cities and online channels.

Bamuda has been the Airengine Air Purifier has FCA State authority testing institutions for testing, have achieved satisfactory results:

National Household appliances Quality Supervision and Testing Center (CADR value Test 468.2m3/h);

Shanghai Environmental Protection product Quality Supervision and inspection terminus (CADR value test 469m3/h,20 minutes PM2.5 removal rate 99%);

Guangdong Institute of Microbiology (lysozyme white Staphylococcus removal rate 99.71%/2h, coliform P1 extinction rate 98.51%/90min)

Airengine Air Purifier After the listing, because of its unique design and high quality performance has been welcomed by many consumers, but also received a number of business concerns, including millet technology, and several enterprises to offer cooperation intention. Because of the urgency of its own product development agenda, it has so far not cooperated with millet technology in any way.

Bamuda in Japan and China applied for the Airengine Air Purifier technology design patents and design patents, and obtained the relevant patent registration. Millet Technology or its affiliated companies did not submit to the Airengine air purifier to obtain the relevant Patent license application.

Mr. Xiong, who participated in the development and design of the Millet Air purifier, worked in the territory of Bermuda and resigned from his office in May 2014. His resignation agreement with Bermuda includes NON-COMPETE clauses, application terms for patent use, and confidentiality clauses. It will verify whether the services provided by Mr. Xiong in the course of the development of the Millet air purifier are in breach of the foregoing provisions and determine whether further legal measures are taken.

It should be stated that Mr. Airengine is not a patent owner in any patent application in China and Japan that has been completed and is in progress in any of the air purifiers.

In order to decide whether or not to take further legal measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the company, it is making further confirmation with its lawyers on whether Millet technology constitutes infringement.

The pursuit of "Jiang", all products have a world-renowned design awards, while gaining the love of the vast number of consumers, the efforts of the Bermuda and its achievements should be respected and protected.

We call for respect for innovation, and we are convinced that only a fair and sincere approach to innovation will enable consumers to gain real benefits.

バルミューダ Electronics (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

December 10, 2014

Appendix II: The original statement of the founder and chief product designer of the Bermuda brand

"I am Balmuda (Bamuda) Brand founder and product chief designer Si Wei Xuan."

Yesterday learned that the millet technology released a similar Balmuda (Bamuda) airengine Air purifier products, I immediately went online to see, found that the air purifier millet and we released in 2012 the product is really amazing similarity, I am very confused about this.

Balmuda (Bamuda) is an innovative enterprise, my team and I have been insisting on is to create a unique, excellent performance and easy to use the home appliance products, for this, we will rack our brains to think how to design products, for each product average drawing more than 2000 pieces of design drawings, For a very small part of the repeated changes, in order to create a surprising product we do not hesitate to labor, so we present products are refreshing, get everyone's praise and love, this is the most fulfilling place for us.

Innovation is the gene of Balmuda (Bamuda), we welcome more innovators to come and bring us a better world, and hope to be imitated by our spirit of innovation, not product.

I think that all the enterprises that provide products to consumers should seriously think about how to repay the consumers through sound competition through continuous technological innovation.

Bamuda will continue to develop the products that can bring surprises to everyone, please look forward to! ”