For Solowheel maker, a patent rights nightmare in China
8 09 2015LA Times
May 30, 2016
The personal transport device is a self-balancing electric unicycle with a hubcap-sized wheel and footholds on either side — a sort of Segway but on one wheel and without a handle.
Over the last few years, China’s capital is seeing more upright commuters zipping through traffic like minnows among migrating trout. That should be cause for celebration to Shane Chen, a Camas, Wash., businessman who invented the Solowheel in 2010.
But his “dream of creating the simplest mode of transportation meant for everyone” has left Chen, 58, neck-deep in the country’s fledgling intellectual property rights system, rife with lawsuits, counter-lawsuits and so many knockoff brands that he’s lost count.
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