Region: Asia-Pacific

Indian patent office budget hike bodes well but spending is the real issue

A 15% boost could help bolster staffing and shorten timelines but smarter use of funds is essential

20 February 2023

Nokia strikes blow to Oppo with Brazilian injunction

Latin America’s largest country is playing an increasingly prominent role in SEP/FRAND disputes

17 February 2023

InterDigital celebrates record licensing revenues in 2022

Revenue from Apple’s renewal hit the books and the company is conservatively estimating revenue from Samsung as their arbitration proceeds

15 February 2023

Delhi High Court challenges Indian Patent Office’s refusal order in landmark pharma ruling

In a decision involving patent amendment claims in pharmaceutical applications, a high court has held that patent law is intended to foster innovation, research, technology and industrial progress and that the Indian Patent Office’s recent interpretation of Section 59 of the Patents Act directly opposes this view.

15 February 2023

GC of Australian mining tech company on ‘intense’ US ITC victory in global patent battle

Michael Tomasz hails result as a ‘strong outcome for IP protection’ in exclusive IAM interview

14 February 2023

Indian court hands hefty fine to generic drug boss who ignored Pfizer patent injunction

Triveni Interchem and its director deliberately flouted sales ban, rules Delhi judge

14 February 2023

Inside the IP strategy of Chinese EV startup Xpeng Motors

IP director Woods Zhao discusses using patents to drive the company’s business

14 February 2023

Oppo joins Via Licensing’s AAC patent pool

The smartphone manufacturer becomes the audio codec pool’s second-largest licensee from China, behind long-time member Xiaomi

08 February 2023

Patent strategies for protecting bioinformatics inventions

As bioinformatics and computational genomics companies push the boundaries of technology, it is important they overcome subject matter eligibility challenges to protect their innovations

08 February 2023

Exclusive: Nokia makes arbitration offer to Oppo in bid to resolve 5G dispute

Proposal comes against background of discontent with conventional dispute resolution strategies

08 February 2023