Intellectual Property

Song Liuping, Huawei's Chief Legal Officer, talks about domestic and international patent filings, the company's success and shares his views on the patent boom

China has surpassed the US to be the number one patent filer in the world and its domestic companies are now filing more patents than their foreign rivals. But what effect has this had on foreign businesses and what patent strategy should they adopt to survive in this increasingly crowded market?

China has surpassed the US to be the number one patent filer in the world and its domestic companies are now filing more patents than their foreign rivals. But what effect has this had on foreign businesses and what patent strategy should they adopt to survive in this increasingly crowded market?

Copyright infringement cases against Apple and Baidu have highlighted the increasing threat internet service providers are facing, but as Fang Qi points out, the damages awarded are often too high because courts do not consider market value

For the first time, draft Regulations on service inventions have given a procedural framework for defining and reporting inventions, but they are hampered by a lack of clarity

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Many of the amendments bring Taiwan's Patent Act in line with international practices and significantly improve patent enforcement rights

Shanghai entrepreneur Sun Jian has over 20 years' experience in cartoon licensing. He shares his experiences on tackling infringement and trademark squatters with Eve Yao

Issued: December 28 2012Main contents: The Amendments propose that only prior rights holders and materially interested parties (instead of anyone)…