Region-focused IP developments curated by the IIPLA newsroom, including policy shifts, litigation, brand disputes, patent activity, and enforcement updates.
The federal patent office rejected separate challenges from JinkoSolar, Canadian Solar and Mundra Solar to invalidate intellectual property that First Solar claims is fundamental to the manufacturing of crystalline sili…
Surron, makers of the Light Bee and Ultra Bee electric bikes, is celebrating right now after a U.S. District Court handed the company a major victory in a three-year multinational lawsuit. Surron has been awarded $10,00…
Astronergy and JA Solar ended all global litigation and signed a cross-licensing agreement covering tunnel-oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell patents, resolving a major intellectual-property dispute affecting…
The World Intellectual Property Organisation marks World Intellectual Property Day on April 26 to underline how patents, copyrights, trademarks and designs shape economic activity and everyday life. Intellectual propert…
EZGO Technologies Ltd. describes its physical footprint and intellectual property. The company owns approximately 19,665 square meters of real estate in Changzhou and leases about 483 square meters across several office…
China’s top judicial body has vowed to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights as part of the efforts to support the country’s goal of achieving a higher level of self-reliance and strengthening the sc…
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On January 16, 2026, at 9:00 AM Central Time, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, delivered a unanimous verdict in favor of Surron in its patent infringement case agains…
Global intellectual property (IP) filing activity in 2024 showed broad-based growth. Patent applications climbed 4.9% to 3.7 million, with utility models – a special form of patent right – posting a similar gain of 4% t… Primary reference: View the original document .
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The SEP licensing and litigation landscape has continued to evolve in the latter half of 2025, shaped by several significant global trends:
“It seems clear that the Trump Administration is advocating a new path forward and a return to the possibility of an injunction issuing to patent owners—even a preliminary injunction.”
On March 21, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and 6 other government bodies released the “Opinions of the State Intellectual Property Office, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of…
On April 9, 2025, China’s State Council Information Office released a white paper entitled “China’s Position on Certain Issues in China-US Economic and Trade Relations” (关于中美经贸关系若干问题的中方立场) in response to the ongoing tra…
On March 31, 2025, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released their 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, with the longest section being dedicated to China at 47 pages. With respect…
“[W]orkers employed in such industries enjoy an average wage premium of 40.9%… consistent with the fact that IP-driven industries contribute more value added per worker.”
In 2024, innovators from around the world submitted a record breaking 3.7 million patent applications, up 4.9% on 2023 Primary reference: View the original document .
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The design of a product can be protected by an intellectual property right through a registration before an intellectual property office. In this article, it will be compared the design systems of China and European Uni…
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