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How patents and licensing underpin the multi-trillion dollar mobile communications economy

A new report has outlined the crucial roles that long-term R&D, a robust IP system and a collaborative approach to technology standards and licensing have played in the development of the mobile sector. The report by the Boston Consulting Group,…

16 January 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

Draft Indian IP strategy aims to kickstart patent market

India’s six-member IPR Think Tank recently made public the first draft of its much-anticipated proposal for a ‘National IPR Policy’ (you can read the document in full here). Earlier this week, IAM’s sister publication World Trademark Review analysed…

09 January 2015

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