Essentiality checks could help implementers determine with whom they need patent licenses. However, essentiality checking does a poor job in adjusting for over-declaration in patent counts and will encourage even more spurious declarations.
A total of 798,000 invention patents were granted in 2022 and the patent review results secured an accuracy rate of 93.4%, according to news released at the CNIPA press conference on Wednesday. “In 2023, CNIPA will continue to improve the IP review quality and efficiency.
China ranks second in metaverse-related global patent applications with a nearly 30% share gathered through its 14,291 applications, according to a report by the KIPO. The United States tops with 17,293 applications, accounting for nearly 36% of the total from 2011 to 2020.
On February 6, CICT Mobile announced that its wholly-owned subsidiaries DT Mobile and Shanghai DT Mobile have filed a lawsuit against Samsung China with the Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court for infringement of its invention patents.
Huawei fails to invalidate a utility model patent held by Wuhan Cnfttd Sci-tech Co.,Ltd. The validity of the patent is maintained after the trial by the Reexamination and Invalidation Department of the Patent Office, CNIPA, according to the announcement of CNIPA on January 28.
