Patent

China’s top 500 companies by R&D spending and patent ownership

On Oct. 12, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) released a report reviewing China’s innovation landscape listing top 1000 Chinese privately-owned companies that spend the most in research and development (R&D) and own the most patents respectively.

China’s State Council approves policy on foreigners taking Chinese patent bar exam

28 municipal cities and provinces were designated as the country’s Pilot Zones for Deepening Innovative Development of Trade in Services in August 2020.

Ronbay wins a 62 million yuan patent infringement case against Umicore

China’s Ningbo Intermediate People’s Court ruled in favor of Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. in its lawsuit against Brussels-based Umicore N.V. on September 30.

LONGi faces patent injunction issued by Dutch court

On October 7, Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaics (PV) LONGi Green Energy Technology claimed that it is not being “substantially affected” by the latest episode in its litigation with its Korean rival Hanwha Solutions Corporation.

Sharp-Oppo patent dispute ends with cross-licence deal 

Today Japanese giant of electronics Sharp Corporation and Chinese mobile communications company Oppo announced an agreement that have been reached on global cross patent licenses.