China-Chile and China-Czech Republic Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot to Launch Start of 2018

China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) will commence patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilots with Chile’s National Institute of Industrial Property and the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic on Jan. 1, 2018. The pilot programs will end on Dec. 31, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2019 respectively.

Shenzhen Sets up Finance, IP Protection Courts

Shenzhen set up a financial court and an intellectual property (IP) court on Dec 26, according to China’s state-run media outlet Xinhua. Both are located in the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone. The Supreme People's Court has given the IP court powers to deal with IP cases under the jurisdiction of Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. The financial court will handle financial cases and appeals which fall outside of the jurisdiction of community courts. In 2016, courts in Shenzhen adjudicated on 14,887 IP cases of first instance, or one 10th of the nation's total, according to the media outlet. In the first eleven months, Shenzhen courts handled 23,639 financial dispute cases of first instance, twice the number in the same period last year.

Beijing’s Zhongguancun Aims to Become China's Leading AI Player

The Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing recently released an incubation plan to promote the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, according to the China Daily.

The plan hopes to pave the way for China to play a role in standard setting in the AI field with hopes for significant technological breakthroughs by 2020. Official statistics cited by the media outlet state that Zhongguancun is currently home to 250 AI related companies which hold over 7,700 patents. 42.9% of AI startups also started at Zhongguancun according to the media outlet.

Taiwan and UK sign MOU on Recognition of Biomaterial Deposits

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) signed a memorandum of cooperation on the storing of biomaterials in the patent process with the UK intellectual property office and both sides recognized the other on the same day. This agreement follows similar recognition between Taiwan and Japan.

Under the agreement, patent applicants only need to deposit biomaterials with foodstuff industrial development research institutes in Taiwan or biomaterial storage organizations in the UK, and provide certification of this storage to the UK or Taiwan intellectual property office and it will be recognized. This means that duplicate deposits no longer have to be made.

This also allows patent applications to avoid the complicated procedures around import and export of biomaterials and the dangers of contagion in the process.

Russia Delivers Second Batch of Su-35 Fighters to China

Russia's TASS reports that a second group of 10 Su-35 fighters that China ordered from Russia have been delivered, meaning China has accumulated 14 of the fighters.

According to the 2015 agreement, China ordered 24 Su-35 fighters for US$20 billion. Previously a group of four fighters were delivered in November of 2016, and the final ten are expected to be delivered at the end of 2018.

The order also includes ground support equipment and spare engines. Russia originally demanded an order of 48 fighters, but China originally only wanted to buy 2-4 "for research". Russia refused however, worried that China would reverse engineer the fighters.

Before the sale the two parties signed an intellectual property agreement, aimed at preventing China from copying the Su-35 fighter.

Taiwan’s ITRI Sees 141 Patent Licensing Agreements and 19 Techonology Transfer Cases in Green Energy Sector

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has announced 141 patent licensing agreements and 19 technology transfer cases in the green energy technology sector. The patents in question are listed below:

Patent Licensing:

1. Warning method and system for detecting lane-changing condition of rear-approaching vehicles
2. Motor controlling device and motor controlling method
3. Apparatus and method for monitoring insulation resistance
4. Surrounding bird view monitoring image generation method and training method, automobile-side device, and training device thereof
5. Stator structure
6. Motor controller with reverse-bias preventing mechanism
7. Converter and switching method thereof
8. Composition for gravure offset printing and gravure offset printing process
9. Modulation method and control device having the same
10. Method for in-image periodic noise reparation
11. Detachable power module
12. Around view detecting system and method
13. Hybrid mechanism and hybrid mode thereof
14. Apparatus and method for electric motor rotor angle estimation
15. Electronic device and power management method thereof
16. Dual-mode drive method and apparatus thereof
17. Plasma device and operation method of plasma device
18. Method for establishing motor sensing signals
19. DC-DC power conversion apparatus and method
20. Voltage regulator and control method thereof
21. Detection device for power component driver and detection method thereof
22. Electrode structure, method of fabricating the same, touch element and touch display using the electrode structure
23. Structure of conductive lines and method of manufacturing the same
24. Hybrid motor structure
25. Crankshaft rotating angle controlling system for controlling crankshaft rotating angle and crankshaft rotating angle controlling method for controlling the same
26. Wide view monitoring system and method thereof
27. Power heat dissipation device and method for control ing the same
28. Method and system for online estimating internal resistance of battery
29. Power collection device for electric machine
30. Integrated power module
31. Pedelec power system and housing thereof
32. Range extender system and charging control method, power generation equipment and control method for power generation equipment
33. Method for adjusting vehicle panorama system
34. Bicycle
35. Insulating colloidal material and multilayer circuit structure
36. Power supply device and power supply method for cruise control
37. Hybird dual-rotor motor structure
38. Circuit board clipping and stretching device and control method thereof
39. Manufacturing method of multilayer wiring and multilayer wiring structure
40. Image inpainting system and method for using the same
41. Power heat dissipation device
42. Integrated power module and electric vehicle having the same
43. Integrated power module
44. Wide-angle lens calibration system and method thereof
45. Laminated antenna structure
46. Soft-switching auxiliary circuit
47. Sensing device and driving module for electric bicycle
48. Two-speed transmission for electric vehicle
49. Two-speed transmission having two clutches for electric vehicle
50. Pre-cooling system and method for logistics vehicles
51. Chemical deposition seal
52. Axial parking mechanism
53. Transmitting device for wheel body and power assist wheel set
54. Motor shaft system with a cooling function
55. Control system and control method
56. Power module fault diagnosis method for three-phase inverter
57. Optical sensing device for wheel set and optical sensing method using the same
58. Electric vehicle and method of controlling the same
59. Array-type electrode, digital printing mold and method for manufacturing array-type electrode
60. Gravure offset printing apparatus
61. Electrical wheel
62. Dual axes clutch variable speed apparatus
63. Systems and methods for updating vehicle electronic equipment
64. Connector used in electric scooter charging
65. Electric rotating machine
66. Interactive charging management system and method thereof
67. Interactive charging management system and method thereof

Technology Transfer Cases:

1. Low toxic and high active electroless plating technology
2. Integration Technology Development for Fine Line Direct patterning
3. FPCB stretching clamp mechanism
4. Additive process for fine-line circurt fabrication
5. Electroless plating with low toxicity and high activity
6. Key Module Technology for Open/Short Circuit Measurement
7. Equipment energy saving and intelligent monitoring technology
8. a fuel economy driving system and embeded matic-core parallel processing technology
9. Integrated Power Module
10. Multi-mode power integration control technique for range-extend systems
11. Electric automotive Hardware-in-the-loop validation platform
12. NVH Technology of Vehicles and Powertrains
13. low NVH traction motor
14. High Efficiency Traction Motor Controller
15. Technology of transmission for hybrid vehicle
16. Integrated Power Module
17. Integrated Power Module
18. low NVH traction motor
19. High Efficiency Traction Motor Controller

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