Category: China
-
After the platform peak: Alibaba’s patent map points to the cloud-native AI buildout
Alibaba’s patent map is becoming less about the platform it built first, and more about the infrastructure it is positioning for AI-driven growth, cloud expansion, and the next layer of digital services.
-
Huawei announces new semiconductor law: shows independence from Western chip supply
The new principle, known as “the Tau (τ) Scaling Law”, has “proven” it can resolve global semiconductor and electronic system challenges, and Huawei “welcomes” peers in joining it in verifying the law, Huawei announced during the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems today.
-
China Implements Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection Rules: A New Era for Drug Data Protection
China has promulgated the Measures for the Implementation of Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection and the Work Scheme for Pharmaceutical Test Data Protection, which together operationalize for the first time a formal PTDP system in China, granting up to six years of data exclusivity to qualifying chemical and biological drug applicants.
-
Decoding BYD’s patent footprint: from stack control to scale, from foreign bets to policy friction
BYD used to look, from outside China, like a distant domestic EV champion. It no longer does. This study mines BYD’s patent-family data for the underlying strategy, not just the counts. The result is a map of stack control, foreign bets, and policy-constrained markets.
-
Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND judgment: third way, but much closer to Munich than London; English machine translation and analysis
A redacted version of the full Chinese ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate judgment has become available over the weekend. Here you can find an English machine translation and a Chinese author’s personal take.
-
Lose three validity battles, win the infringement war? Microsoft’s CNIPA record against Newman’s GUI patent
A long-running Chinese touchscreen patent dispute between Newman Infinite and Microsoft has now reached China’s Supreme People’s Court, after the latter failed in four patent invalidation attempts. But the record is less one-sided than it currently appears to be.
-
BREAKING: Chinese court determines $731M for 6-year, $600M+ for 5-year ZTE-Samsung FRAND cross-license — UK court is global outlier
The Chongqing Intermedia People’s Court ruling is consistent with those of the Munich I and Frankfurt Regional Courts, and the appellate level of the Rio de Janeiro State Court: 1.9 times (or at least >1.5 times) the UK figure.
-
China is “back” in SEP enforcement: CNIPA’s 2026 Working Scheme channels SEP disputes into administrative proceedings
The proceedings are a type of “Chinese featured ITC” venue offering three-month injunctions.
-
China announces first-ever patent pool: solar panel entities join forces
China’s first-ever patent pool has officially launched, under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), established by solar panel manufacturers Trina Solar, JA Solar, and JinkoSolar. The pool focuses on TOPCon cell and module technologies in mainland China.
-
BREAKING: China issues regulations countering foreign extraterritorial jurisdiction
The global ZTE v. Samsung FRAND rate-setting decision is potentially a targeted scenario.