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Huawei, Intel among big firms selling patents in June-recorded transactions

Two deals could bring NPE risk but others stem from bankruptcies, buying and selling of business units and company product collaborations

UK court fast-tracks patent trials ahead of parallel UPC hearings

But desire to influence Unified Patent Court decision unlikely to be enough to justify UK expedition requests

Supreme People’s Court redefines use in trade secret infringement case with record-breaking damages award

The Supreme People’s Court is providing stronger protection for trade secrets in a recent high-profile ruling. The judgment highlights the court’s inference of infringement during litigation and sets a new precedent for Chinese courts deciding on trade secret matters.

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LG has as much to gain from its open innovation drive as Korea’s SMEs

LG Group – one of South Korea’s largest chaebol (conglomerates) and parent of companies including LG Electronics, LG Chem and LG Display, among others – announced last week that it would ‘open up’ part of its patent portfolio for use by third…

13 February 2015

In China, as elsewhere, it's big tech that dominates the patent grants league table

The People’s Daily and the Intellectual Property Publishing House – a media arm of China’s State IP Office (SIPO) – recently released statistics showing which entities were granted the most Chinese patents in 2014.The grant data below relates…

02 February 2015

Toyota shows countrymen that patent value creation doesn’t have to be about lawsuits

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, Toyota revealed that it would grant access to thousands of its patents covering zero-emission fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology on a royalty-free basis. The move has been met with both…

12 January 2015

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