Recently, Mr. Huang and Mr. Fan of Shanghai Xinmao Semiconductor Co., Ltd. traveled to Shanghai Yuan Law Firm to bring a printed “Defending intellectual property rights and protecting the fruits of innovation is our responsibility.”The banner was sent to Mr. Tang Feng and his team to express their heartfelt gratitude for the firm's continuous, professional and powerful legal services in intellectual property rights protection over the years.

This banner is not only a recognition of winning a case, but also a recognition of the fact that Source Law Office is a leading law firm in the world.Accompanying rights defense for more than 10 yearsFrom civil action to criminal prosecution, consistent protection of core technologies of enterprisesThe case was also highly recognized by the Shanghai Xuhui District People's Procuratorate. This case was also categorized by the Shanghai Xuhui District People's Procuratorate as a case of "The most effective" due to its precision and effectiveness.Benchmarking Cases of Intellectual Property Protection, which became a typical example of criminal protection of chip software copyrights.

The story behind the banner

Deep plowing intellectual property rights protection for more than ten years, civil combat in the first to build a solid foundation of protection

Shanghai Xinmao Semiconductor, as a scientific and creative enterprise deeply plowing into the field of chip design, its self-developed software code for digital vernier caliper chip is the core technology and market competitiveness of the enterprise.

as early as2015Tang Feng's team of attorneys represented Xinmao Semiconductor to defend its intellectual property rights bycommon pleaSuccessfully combating similar infringing behavior, effectively stopping infringement, maintaining market order, and establishing the first line of legal defense for enterprises. Over the years, the firm has always accompanied the technological iteration and business development of enterprises, and continued to provide intellectual property risk prevention and control, infringement monitoring, dispute response and other full-process legal services.

Escalation paths in the face of repeated malicious infringement:Rooting out chaos by criminal means

With the increasing market influence of Xinmao Semiconductor's core chips, some market players are desperate to take the risk ofCopying chip firmware code, producing and selling infringing chips, and impacting the market with low pricesThe malicious infringement of the law, and even the use of shell companies to avoid liability, resulting in civil rights to “insufficient punishment, difficult to implement, repeated infringement” and other dilemmas.

In the face of complexity, Tang Feng's team of lawyers did not simply follow the previous thinking, but insteadComprehensive research, meticulous deduction, precise layoutAfter fully sorting out the technical comparison report, sales data, infringement profits, subjective intent and other key facts, it decisively proposed toEscalation to criminal proceedingsThe strategy of defending rights through criminal prosecution forms the strongest legal deterrent to curb the spread of infringement from the root.

The team led the whole process of evidence fixing, identification comparison, material writing, communication and promotion, and actively cooperated with the public security organs and procuratorial organs to carry out investigation and prosecution work, and successfully promoted the case with solid evidence chain and clear legal logic.crime of copyright infringementThe case was filed, prosecuted and made a benchmark case by the Xuhui District Procuratorate.

Criminal judgment on the ground: units and individuals are held accountable, and the chain of infringement is completely severed

After a judicial hearing in accordance with the law, the People's Court of Xuhui District, Shanghai, issued a judgment(2025) Shanghai 0104 Criminal 894Criminal Sentencing:

1. Accused unitsWuxi XX Semiconductor Co.guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to a fine of RMB 2 million;

2. The accusedChiang XXAs the supervisor directly responsible, he was sentenced to three years and six months' imprisonment and fined RMB 200,000 yuan;

3. Seized infringing copies shall be confiscated in accordance with the law.

The case was successfully handled, realizingSimultaneous pursuit of liability for infringing entities + actual controllersIn addition, it has effectively cracked the industry problem of “shell company infringement, limited liability risk avoidance”, and provided a replicable and popularized practical path for the core technology protection of science and innovation enterprises.

The banner sends trust, professional practice of the original heart

Mr. Huang and Mr. Fan of Xinmao Semiconductor said when presenting the flag, “From the earliest civil rights defense to this push for criminal prosecution, Source Law Firm has always stood in the position of the enterprise, professional, decisive and responsible. It is the persistence and layout of Tang Feng's lawyer team that makes the infringer really pay the price and allows our R&D investment and innovation achievements to get the strongest protection.”

Tang Feng, a lawyer, said that the core code of the chip is the “technological heart” of the science and innovation enterprises, to malicious infringement, scale infringement, theCivil + criminal synergyCriminalization to strengthen deterrenceThe most effective and thorough protection path is the current one. The Law Firm will continue to plough into the legal service of intellectual property, guarding enterprise innovation with professional ability and escorting the development of new quality productivity with the power of the rule of law.