On July 19, 2007, GP held a news conference about oversea intellectual property rights protection in Beijing.
      On the US time July 10th , Mr. Browning ,who is the judge of Federal District of New Mexico State, issued the verdict that the GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupters) devices which General Protecht Group supply for the US market absolutely do not infringe upon Leviton’s asserted patent No. 6246558.
      “Insist on hope,we will win!”After three years of close quarter battles, GP finally won the lawsuit between Leviton, US. It was the first victory won by Chinese enterprises in Sino-US intellectual property rights lawsuit. The medias of United States commented that, “its political significance way outweighs any commercial value.” The personage inside said ,this was a perfect victory.The case will become a success example for Chinese enterprises to protect the  oversea rights, which brings an important inspiration to Chinese enterprises on operating the multinational trade and dealing with the lawsuit of oversea intellectual property rights.