
China is hindering protection of telecom SEPs, EU tells WTO
The EU files a challenge against China at the WTO, arguing Chinese courts are preventing European firms from protecting telecoms SEPs. Read more…
The EU files a challenge against China at the WTO, arguing Chinese courts are preventing European firms from protecting telecoms SEPs. Read more…
India’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to sign an initial pact on intellectual property rights with the United States. Read more…
China said on Sunday it would seek to improve protections for intellectual property rights, including raising the upper limits for compensation for rights infringements. Read more…
Here’s a pro tip for countries trying to be the next Silicon Valley by fostering innovation hubs: patents don’t matter nearly as much as pragmatism. Read more…
Collaborative DevOps brings lots of benefits, but it also raises legal issues of IP ownership and management. A joint development plan will help you sort that out in advance, writes Openet’s Laura Flood. There’s been Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia has signed a multi-year smartphone patent license deal with China’s Huawei – its arch rival in the networks business – giving it royalty agreements with all of the world’s largest handset Read more…
China is in the middle of a rapid shift towards cloud technologies. Execution of the 13th Five Year Plan will deliver substantial investment into cloud computing and the sector is undergoing unprecedented growth. Meanwhile, organizations operating Read more…
The fourth industrial revolution is transforming business in Southeast Asia faster and more dramatically than in almost any other region. Across Southeast Asia, from emerging powerhouse economies such as Indonesia and Vietnam, to Singapore, already Read more…
Alibaba has unveiled enhancements to its intellectual property protection (IPP) platform that it says eliminates fake listings in less than 24 hours. The IP protection platform is used by brands and IP owners to flag Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia has settled its legal battle with Apple with a new patent licence agreement and also signed a business deal with the US giant, surprising investors who had expected the dispute to Read more…
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Qualcomm has escalated its patent battle with Apple, suing Foxconn and three other Taiwanese manufacturers that supply iPhone and iPad components for not paying royalties. Apple filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm in Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving car unit, a federal judge ruled, while stopping short of shutting down the ride-services company’s autonomous car program. The Read more…
ARM acquires two NB-IoT specialists to aid its push into fully integrated radio-to-software solutions With Softbank’s resources behind it, ARM can accelerate its recent acquisitions spree to bolster its position in the Internet of Things. Read more…
(Reuters) – Microsoft has thought up another way to attract potential customers to its cloud computing service: deterrent against patent trolls. Companies new to the cloud are vulnerable to non-practicing entities, which do not make Read more…
(Reuters) – A US jury in Texas on Wednesday ordered Facebook, its virtual reality unit Oculus, and other defendants to pay a combined $500 million to ZeniMax Media, a video game publisher that says Oculus stole its Read more…
I think Qualcomm will best serve its shareholders by fighting tooth and nail to halt the fall of royalty rates that has been going on for the last nine years. The fight between Apple and Read more…
Will the Apple lawsuit against Qualcomm really signal the end of the intellectual property licensing norms which have, by and large, governed the cellular industry since the dawn of GSM? Qualcomm epitomizes that system, and Read more…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad, part of the LeEco technology conglomerate, said six employees had been detained by authorities, accused of infringing the intellectual property rights of their former employer Huawei Technologies. Read more…
HELSINKI/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Nokia has filed patents suits against Apple in the US, Asia and Europe, causing its shares to drop nearly 5% on Thursday in Helsinki as analysts warned a legal battle with Apple could delay Read more…
GENEVA (Reuters) – China is driving Asian-led growth in innovation worldwide, becoming the first country to file 1 million applications for patents in a single year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said on Wednesday. Read more…
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