Recently, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released "China Patent Investigation Report 2021", pointing out four new features of China's intellectual property protection at this stage.[link]

A US jury on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay $174.5 million for violating live-streaming patents developed by a US Army veteran seeking to fix shortcomings in battlefield communications.[link]

Samsung has applied for a couple more trademarks pertaining to flexible display technology, or more specifically, slidable devices. [link]

The proposal for a regulation on cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements, known as the Cyber Resilience Act, bolsters cybersecurity rules to ensure more secure hardware and software products.[link]

Nationals and residents of the People's Republic of China can continue to select the European Patent Office as their International Searching Authority (ISA) for their international patent applications filed in English[link]

"Efficient transactions of IPRs fuel orderly circulation of innovative resources and elements as well as optimization of configurations while speeding up the release of innovative energy," Heng Fuguang[link]

Xiaomi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd., one of the automaking entities of China's tech player, Xiaomi, saw one of its autonomous driving patents disclosed to the public, according to information released by the corporate database, Tianyancha.[link]

Disney is looking to clear one of the obstacles to bringing augmented reality to more theme park attractions - the need to wear special glasses to see the projected figures.[link]

The complaint asserts that Feit lighting products infringe twelve LED patents, and seeks a permanent injunction against the sales of those products.[link]

The EU is preparing to launch its own blockchain solution to authenticate physical products through NFTs. [link]

Trademark infringement disputes are a dime a dozen, though they aren't as rampant in the automotive industry compared to other businesses. One of the few that came to light was the logo dispute between the French automaker Citro?n and the Swedish carmaker Polestar, which reached a ruling in 2020.[link]

Huawei Technologies Co launched an innovative solution in Berlin, Germany on Thursday to help build a more secure, efficient and smarter railway mobile communications system.[link]

China's mobile Internet of things (IoT) has made remarkable progress in network and industrial capability, as well as application development, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.[link]

The number of 5G base stations in use across China has exceeded 1.96 million, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.[link]

Chinese augmented reality eyeglass pioneer Nreal will expand its vision in the domestic market after establishing a presence abroad in the past five years[link]

Chinese artificial intelligence pioneer UBTech Robotics has unveiled its smart health care strategy[link]

Chinese tech heavyweight Lenovo Group Ltd unveiled new Lenovo Glasses T1, a wearable private display[link]

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has launched the world's largest intelligent computing center in Zhangjiakou's Zhangbei county[link]

Chinese tech company Oppo has unveiled its cross-device system to better tap into the "internet of things" era[link]

China had 1.05 billion internet users by the end of June, 19.19 million more than in December last year, according to a report issued by the China Internet Network Information Center on Wednesday.[link]