SAP has filed a court action against patent holder Pi-Net International, which it says has filed patent infringement lawsuits against a number of SAP customers. The alleged infringements, which concern three Pi-Net patents, are associated ...
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First, I think China has never had an industrial revolution, because to be called a "revolution", it must possess a disruptive technology innovation which can influence the world. For example, The industrial revolution in 18th century ...
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The reform attempt made by the traditional manufacturing enterprises fromoverseas sales to domestic sales may not make success soon, at least for the present. As early as three years ago, located in China's Lighting Mecca, Guzhen Town, ...
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The European Commission has today presented a package of initiatives to make trademark registration systems all over the European Union cheaper, quicker, more reliable and predictable. The proposed reform would improve conditions for ...
An administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled against a ban on Microsoft's Xbox as he found it did not violate a patent owned by Motorola Mobility. In a one-paragraph ruling, Judge David P. Shaw gave an ...
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Nokia said on Monday it is not prepared to license any of its patented technologies that might be essential to the VP8 video codec that is backed by Google. VP8 is a video compressing technology that was acquired by Google in 2010 from ...
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NeuroVive has purchased a set of cyclophilin inhibitors, technology platform assets and associated intellectual property rights from Biotica to widen its mitochondrial medicine pipeline. The acquired portfolio of cyclophilin inhibitors ...
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Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. the largest U.S.-based full-line sporting goods retailer, reported sales and earnings results for the fourth quarter and full year ended February 2, 2013. Fourth Quarter Results (14 weeks compared to 13 weeks ...
A U.K. court has invalidated three Samsung patents that cover 3G technology in two rulings in cases between Samsung and Apple, according to court filings published on Thursday. Samsung alleged that Apple infringed on the patents with ...
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The Chinese government openly pursues the strategic aim of building up self-innovation capabilities and to become an innovative country by 2020. The "Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy" issued by the State Council in ...
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A common assessment of China's labor force is that its strength lies in highly repetitive manufacturing processes that require large amounts of manual human labor. As for more service-oriented knowledge tasks, the reigning perception is ...
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A Tokyo court ruled Thursday that Apple did not infringe a Samsung patent, a small win for Apple in the continuing legal wrangling between the two companies. The patent in question was related to a wireless transmission technology, ...
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China-based Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is planning to invest EUR100m in UK-based taxi maker Manganese Bronze Holdings over the next five years. Geely acquired the taxi maker on 01 February 2013, which included a plant, equipment, ...
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UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), a division of Oxford Instruments, has been granted European patent EP1889946B1 in relation to high-density plasma-assisted thin film deposition. The ...
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The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to US-based Colibri Heart Valve for a pre-packaged, sterilized, dry heart valve pre-mounted on a delivery system. The Patent No 8,361,144, which is entitled as 'Percutaneously ...
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