, SPC formulated new judicial interpretations for hearing patent disputes. Meanwhile, SPC has concluded several IPR cases with a social impact and gained extensive attention. Take the example of the
Disclosing your idea publicly before getting any advice on whether it can be protected by a patent or design registration could limit or invalidate any subsequent application. For example, posting photographs
give the company an edge," Jin said. Qihoo said it accounts for 32 percent of internet security-related patent applications in China. "But it is not easy for the company to enter into the government
In 2013, BYD ranked the 5th place with its 2,099 national invention patents in force, just following behind Huawei, ZTE, Sinopec and SMIC. Meanwhile, it acquired 340 invention patent grants and filed
that ranked in the top 10 in the number of invention patents and international patent applications through the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The company now has some 2,100 invention patents, including 340
agreed to pay $23 million to VirnetX to settle a pending patent dispute. The payment will also expand Microsoft’s license to include VirnetX’s entire patent portfolio, VirnetX said in a statement. The
behind the scenes, however, is a rush by some in the industry to patent inventions relating to the blockchain technology itself. These moves come with controversy in an industry known for its culture
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple and Samsung on Monday faced off at a US federal court in San Jose, northern California over their smartphone and tablet patent infringement dispute. This is the first US jury
other hand, Hong Kong has followed the British House of Lords in the American Cyanamid v Ethicon case. This was also a case on an alleged infringement of a patent for use as absorbable surgical sutures.
A University of California patent licensee which has sued some of the biggest U.S. companies is taking on three more -- Facebook Inc, Wal-Mart Stores Inc and the Walt Disney Co. Eolas Technologies