China filed for more patents than any other country in 2011, surpassing the US and Japan as seeks to increase innovation and improve its record on intellectual property rights, Reuters reported. A report published by Thomson Reuters said applications to China’s patent office have risen an average of 16.7% annually since 2006, to nearly 314,000 […]
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China’s cabinet has delayed inspections to ensure central and local government offices are using legitimate software, The Wall Street Journal reported. China’s Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei originally promised the State Council would complete a review to weed out pirated software by October 2011, but said Tuesday that it would not happen until sometime in […]
Hu Zhanfan, the new president of CCTV, on the media’s role in China: “The first social responsibility and professional ethic of media staff should be understanding their role clearly and be a good mouthpiece for the government.” Source: The New York Times
Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies said it will cut back its operations in Iran, following allegations that Iranian police were using the company’s technology to track dissidents, The Wall Street Journal reported. Huawei announced that it will “voluntarily restrict its business development there by no longer seeking new customers and limiting its business activities with […]
Apple (AAPL.NASDAQ) may face problems selling its iPad tablet in China following the loss of a trademark lawsuit against Proview Technology, the Financial Times reported. A Shenzhen court earlier this week rejected Apple’s claim in China to own the “iPad” trademark, which Proview, a Taiwanese-owned flatscreen contract manufacturer, registered in a number of countries between […]