Patent

Annual parade: 22nd WIPO-CNIPA awards announced!

The complete list of the Winners of the 22nd WIPO-CNIPA Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention was announced to domestic media to solicit public opinions by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on May 10, 2021.

Tailing Huawei: OPPO also became HEVC Advance licensor

As of March 2021, OPPO has filed for 61,000-plus patents as and granted 26,000-plus licenses worldwide. Beyond its constant focus on video codec technologies, OPPO has been striving to build a strong pool of patents to 5G telecommunications standards.

Goodbye, LEDs: LG Innotek to sell out LED patents and equipment to Chinese firm

LG InnoTek, a subsidiary of LG Corporation devoted to electronic components, will sell its patents and equipment related to its LED business to a Chinese LED company, according to The Elec, a local media outlet.

Huawei’s Q1 patent licensing income overtakes Nokia and Ericsson

Huawei's patent royalty figures has reached $600 million in Q1.

China is leading the world of 6G patents, briefly?

In late April, the China National Intellectual Property Administration released a “6G Communications Technology Patent Development Report”, identifying more than 38,000 rights applications thought to be relevant to the next generation of wireless standards.