Update: AMSC to appeal Chinese court's Sinovel case ruling

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By Dominique Patton Singapore & Andrew Lee London

 Monday, February 06 2012

Updated: Monday, November 26 2012

US wind technology group AMSC plans to appeal against a Chinese court's decision to throw out the first of its cases to be heard against Sinovel over alleged intellectual property (IP) infringement.

The Hainan No 1 Intermediate People’s Court notified Sinovel – China's largest turbine manufacturer – on 2 February that it had rejected the case.

AMSC claims the outcome is "not altogether unexpected" and says the Hainan case is in any event the smallest of its actions underway in China against Sinovel.

Sinovel had filed an objection to the court’s jurisdiction over the matter, and according to a statement from AMSC this was behind the case being dismissed.

The case is one of three civil lawsuits being brought by AMSC against Sinovel – Log in to read complete article.

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