Tag: China
As China Prioritizes Its Patent System, America Must Do the Same and More
During the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) earlier this month in Beijing, China began outlining a series of proposals to give itself an edge over its competitors in critical technological sect...
Unwired Planet, International Chaos
Late last August, the UK Supreme Court issued a ruling in Unwired Planet permitting UK courts to assert jurisdiction over worldwide rate-setting in standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes. I predicte...
Don’t Buy Into Qualcomm’s Attempts To Distract From Its Anti-Competitive Behavior
There’s been a lot of discussion about Qualcomm’s recent Chinese injunction against Apple. But that’s a distraction—the real story is, and remains, the trio of lawsuits against Qualcomm for ...
Innovation Is Alive And Well—Patenting Activity
After examining the evidence for U.S. innovation as shown by startups and venture capital, and by R&D spending, I want to look at patenting activity—new patent applications and new patent grants...
Patent Flood Continues
The patent arms race continues to expand. In 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) saw a record 253,155 new patents issued. Not only that, it also just set a record on January 8, 2013...
Patent-less Smartphone Innovation and Global Technology Markets
(Cross-posted on Disruptive Competition Project (DisCo))
This weekend I attended the Second Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest held in Rio de Janeiro. The Congress is intended to draw a...