Toyota, GE lead US patent holdings in climate change-related patent classes
A ranking by Anaqua shows big names from the auto sector and key EV battery suppliers among the leaderboard of the biggest US green-tech patent portfolios
A ranking by Anaqua shows big names from the auto sector and key EV battery suppliers among the leaderboard of the biggest US green-tech patent portfolios
How IP and commercial competition plays out in the critical sector will tell us much about the future of globalised tech supply chains
CATL, which supplies Tesla and other top electric vehicle brands, is using both patent and unfair competition litigation to fend off rivals and brain drain
Auto supplier has acquired hundreds of rights from its top client and biggest shareholder as it launches a semiconductor JV and takes over manufacture of key components
06 October 2020
A slew of recently published decisions knock out Chinese patents belonging to Fractus, Sharp, Sisvel, Conversant and others
05 October 2020
The company continues to be a major filer and in-depth data analysis of its IP portfolio shows it is preparing for a new role
02 October 2020
Policymakers want to make the country’s litigation system more attractive, but reports suggest some parts of industry remain sceptical
02 October 2020
Litigation activity is already intensifying in the field, and recent data shows Chinese firms lag badly in patent applications
25 September 2020
Startups that have listed in the US and China look more like Tesla than Nikola from an IP portfolio perspective
24 September 2020
Joerg Thomaier tells IAM that the Enlarged Board of Appeal got it wrong in a recent controversial ruling, but says the case is now closed and companies have to learn to live with it
22 September 2020
Speaking during IPBC Connect plenary session, the EPO and USPTO leaders say there is no going back to the old ways and warn of decreased user engagement caused by the pandemic
16 September 2020
Whether the US chooses four more years of Donald Trump or Joe Biden replaces him, big tech's assault on the PTO shows where the patent policy battle lines are being drawn
12 September 2020
In IPBC Connect interview, the CAFC judge also talked about the gutting of injunctive relief in the US and offered her views on recent big ticket European SEP decisions
11 September 2020
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