IPR court case gives company image a nice boost

A Shenzhen-based company that was China's first to sue a US counterpart for an intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement, has said that it will keep on with its efforts to protect its rights in the future.

When Netac Technology was given a patent in China, in 2002, for its flash USB disk technology it said that it was the world's first. Two years later, it got a patent in the United States, and patents in Europe, South Korea and Singapore followed.

Then, in 2002, Netac sued Huaqi, a Chinese leader in the sector, and Sony in 2004.