Recently 360 launched a cost-effective killer, the N4, equipped with a 5.5 inch 1080P water screen Helio X20、4GB RAM+32GB ROM， The starting price is only 899. For this reason, all mobile phone companies must not wait for death, but unexpectedly Nubia filed a lawsuit against 360. The reason is still the design of the "little dot", so this time I will sort out the love and hatred between Nubia and Meizu around the little dot.

Controversy erupted

On November 27, 2012, Meizu officially released MX2, an upgraded version of MX in Water Cube. The previously publicized revolutionary Home key was officially unveiled, using a virtual key instead of the hemispherical physical key of MX, with gesture operation. It is called a small dot because this Home key supports the breathing light and uses a fluorescent design. It will light up silently in dark environments.

On December 26 of the same year, ZTE held a brand conference in Beijing, officially releasing its new smartphone brand Nubia, which is called Nubia in Chinese. At the same time, the Z5, a new machine released, also made an article on the Home key. The design is the same, except that the backlight is changed to red to show the brand characteristics.

So the two fans quarreled about who copied who. However, after careful analysis, the release time of the two computers was only about one month apart. If it was too late to copy until competing products appeared, the most likely reason was that the designers' ideas were similar, which led to such a result. Unless the internal data of a certain manufacturer had been leaked, that would be another story.

Escalation of public opinion

If it was just a machine, Meizu and Nubia would probably be at peace, but they both intended to use it as a symbolic design element of the brand, so we saw that the MX3 and MX4 launched by Meizu continued to use small dots, and also upgraded their functions. The design of small dots has become a symbol in the eyes of kerosene.

The Z7 and Z9 series models launched by Nubia later also use the design of red dots, which proves that the design is popular with consumers, on the other hand, it also allows the dots to be publicized in a wider range. Nubia has applied for a patent for this purpose, so there is a debate about the upgraded version.

At that time, a lawyer's letter purportedly sent by Nubia to Meizu came out on the Internet. According to the content in the photo, Nubia believed that Meizu MX3, MX4 and other products copied their home button dot design and violated two patents. However, this lawyer's letter is not formal. There is no relevant lawyer's letter number and no entrusted law firm. It is almost certain that it is false. Nubian officials later refuted the rumor, but the gossip revealed that the incident was committed by Nubian public relations. If it is true, Nubia is the heart of Sima Zhao, and everyone knows it.

A renewed dispute

After the lawyer's letter incident, Meizu and Nubia have gone further and further. The MX4 Pro launched by Meizu in the later stage was combined with the front fingerprint identification, and the Home key was changed to the entity key. Since then, the design of the dot has never appeared on Meizu's new machine. Up to now, the latest Z11 mini in Nubia still adopts the design of small dots. We don't know whether there is a relevant PY transaction behind it.

360, frustrated in the mobile phone field, may want to break the ice and pull the X20 equipped machine to the price of 1000 yuan at one go, but it's a pity that he stepped on the pain in Nubia and immediately found a law firm catfight Safeguarding rights. The lawyer's letter this time is not just a joke like Meizu's before. The lawyer's letter number and the entrusted law firm are all complete. Nubia's legal affairs are going to be fired.

However, 360 had the support of the Red Clothes Cult, and immediately responded on Weibo that Nubia had not used the patent mentioned in the lawyer's letter, and even quoted the provisions in the Patent Law: "The scope of protection of the design patent right shall be subject to the design of the product in the picture or photo". It further points out that it is an act of disturbing the normal competition order to claim that the so-called patent infringement violates the spirit of the patent law by replacing the overall design with the partial design. Compared with the original argument between Meizu and Nubia, 360 and Nubia are at daggers drawn this time, and the subsequent development is also unpredictable.

Sort out the various situations about the small round dot. From Meizu and Nubia launched at the same time, they still shine today. 360's machines also use this design for reference, proving that the small round dot is really outstanding. But domestic manufacturers, when you are tearing up a design patent, can you do more technical work?

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