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BlackBerry Ltd. has sold 90 patents to controversial Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd., part of a broader effort by the Waterloo, Ont., smartphone pioneer to unload most of its intellectual property.
Records from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, show that BlackBerry assigned ownership of the patents to Huawei on Dec. 23. They represent a tiny fraction of BlackBerry’s trove of 38,000 patents but cover many key advances dating from when it was the world’s leading smartphone maker to protect the intellectual property around its handheld devices.
China Patent Office upholds the validity of REC Group s patent against Hanwha Q Cells
TUAS, Singapore, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ REC Group, an international pioneering solar energy company headquartered in Norway, confirms that the China Patent Office has upheld the validity of REC s award-winning split cell and junction box technology patent. This specific technology, developed in-house, is a key feature of REC Group s advanced solar panels, manufactured in REC s advanced production site in Singapore.
To protect its intellectual property, REC Group filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hanwha Q Cells (Qidong) Co., Ltd. (part of Hanwha Q Cells) in February 2020. The China Patent Office s decision, announced on January 4, 2021, follows Hanwha Q Cells request, made in May 2020, to challenge the validity of REC s patent. REC Group also filed a lawsuit against Hanwha Q Cells asserting a related patent in the U.S. District of Delaware in November 2020.
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The United States (US) has a very strong regime of IP Law linked
with that of Competition Law or Antitrust Law. The US law grants
the IP holder to use, offer, and sell the invention within the US
and also import the same. Since the economy of the US is primarily
based upon the industries which deal with IP, hence, the US
generally is more tilted towards providing more room to those who
work for innovation and promotion. The first Antitrust Law was
passed in 1890 and two more followed in the year 1914. The primary
A US federal judge has refused to issue a preliminary injunction against Quibi, the ill-fated video streaming start-up which ceased operations late last year.
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The fashion industry is an emerging sector in the world with a
market capitalization of more than 500 Billion Dollars worldwide.
For this sector, the key factor is the innovation and the new idea
that keep on coming every day. It is these innovations that keep
this sector vigilant about their rights, especially their IP
rights. The creation and marketing of the products take its
recourse through IP protection. But often the protection seems to
be in vain due to less effective checks and balances. The smaller