Region: Asia-Pacific

Tesla embroiled in $1 billion EV battery trade secret showdown 

The case accuses a former equipment supplier of stealing lucrative IP and exposes the weakness in Musk’s tough anti-patent rhetoric 

20 June 2024

New NPE NovaCloud to license 152 former Ericsson patent assets 

The global portfolio of 40 patent families covers cloud computing and data centre technology and potential licensees include Microsoft, Amazon, Dell, IBM, Oracle and Salesforce

19 June 2024

Xiaomi’s voice-activation command prompt awarded protection in precedent-setting trademark dispute

The Wenzhou Court has affirmed that words with certain influence and popularity are protectable under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law in a trademark-squatting case brought by tech giant Xiaomi. For rights holders of voice-activation command prompts, it is crucial to prove that their names help to identify the source of goods or services.

19 June 2024

Analysis shows big telecom licensors’ 5G rates may be lower than expected

Nokia and Ericsson announced headline 5G royalty rates, but economists estimate the agreements they entered with Apple saw them charging similar rates to 4G

19 June 2024

China gets serious about trade secrets foreign espionage 

With all to play for in the race for global high-tech dominance, the country is using bolstered powers to protect domestic business secrets 

18 June 2024

Delta Electronics pivots patent strategy from ‘passive defensive’ to ‘proactive offensive’

The company is increasing its monetisation focus to help achieve its ambitious two-digit growth goal, says general counsel Karl Yeh

18 June 2024

Huawei transfers 766 3GPP-related patent assets to new NPE

Data analysis of the patent transfer reveals buyer Ueran Technology’s likely licensees to include Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm, AT&T, Apple, and Samsung

14 June 2024

Academic institutions dominate India’s top patent filers of 2023

But many see grant rates as low as 1%, IP Pilot data shows

14 June 2024

Delhi High Court’s reversal of Novartis injunction provides further guidance on India’s controversial Section 3(d) requirement

Pendulum swings in favour of local generic drugmaker Natco in long-running Indian pharma dispute against Novartis

12 June 2024

Samsung Electronics dominates Korea’s 2023 patent filings

LG Energy and Kia saw a significant surge in applications between 2019 and 2023

07 June 2024

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