After revision by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the PRC, Draft Amendments to the Chinese Patent Law were released for public comment on 4 January 2019. Major aims of the
US-based semiconductor company Broadcom has taken automobile manufacturer Volkswagen to court in Germany over alleged patent infringement. German magazine Der Spiegel first reported the lawsuit—which
Ecommerce marketing company Rokt has won the right to have its software patent granted following a dispute with IP Australia. In a ruling, justice Alan Robertson overruled a previous ruling from the
to patent-related litigation procedures aims to help prevent inconsistency and improve the quality and efficiency of trials," said Luo Dongchuan, chief judge of the IP Court. The IP Court will also
Blockchain patent filings more than doubled in 2018 according to research firm Cintelliq. According to Cintelliq, 3,426 blockchain patents were published in 2018, more than double the 588 patents
Intel will face more legal proceedings after the Federal Circuit ruled that a lower court erred in its analysis of the scope of claims in a patent infringement suit. In a decision on Friday, February
Samsung and Huawei on Tuesday asked a court to pause proceedings in a patent infringement dispute after agreeing to settle their 2-year-old legal battle. The case, filed in 2016, involves both phone
The founder of Taiwanese manufacturing company Foxconn Technology, whose clients include Apple and Huawei, has shrugged off a patent infringement suit filed against it by Microsoft. Yesterday, March
GlobalFoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have agreed to dismiss all patent suits between themselves, as well as those that involve any of their customers. “As both
) at a press conference Tuesday. In 2019, more than 1.4 million invention patent applications were filed in China. A total of 453,000 invention patents were authorized, up 4.8 percent year-on-year.