By Tu Lei Approximately 100 million yuan ($14.65 million) will be made available to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) applying for patents abroad, according to an announcement issued by the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The new policy, the first of its kind, will award SMEs and other organ...
* US patent office tentatively invalidates Rambus patents * Part of multi-faceted dispute with Nvidia SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday tentatively invalidated several Rambus Inc patents key...
Anyone need wire-framed thong underwear? Anyone? Even in a recession, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office keeps busy. Since 1996, the annual number of patent filings has jumped 130% to 485,000 last year.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories has settled a patent dispute with Schering-Plough and Sepracor Inc over the allergy drug Clarinex. Under the settlement, Dr Reddy's will be able...
On September 29, 2008, an exhilarating piece of news came from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO): according to the latest statistics, from Jan.-Nov. of 2008, the number of Shaanxi鈥檚 patent applications filed had reached 10,506, an increase of 36.9% year on year, or 17.3 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate of the same period. A new leap had been achieved in Shaanxi鈥檚 patent application, following the breakthroughs of 5,000 in 2006 and 8,000 in 2007.
International Business Machines Corp said on Wednesday it became the first company ever to win more than 4,000 U.S. patents in a single year, citing a new report from research firm IFI Patent Intelligence.
Dec. 4, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Hunan Corun New Energy Co Ltd<600478>, a Shanghai-listed nickel processor and battery maker sued two Chinese subsidiaries of Canadian Vale Inco, which is wholly owned by the world's largest...
NEW YORK, Nov 9 - The chief executive of Eli Lilly and Co <LLY.N> said on Monday the company will be able to weather the patent expiration on its Zyprexa schizophrenia drug without having to...
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct 28 - A British charitable trust filed a patent infringement suit against Wyeth and Amgen on Wednesday over their blockbuster Enbrel drug, one of the world's best-selling treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. The...
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