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      Competition for funds means securing patents to retain an edge over rivals

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    • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
      US-backed candidate nominated to lead UN body after anti-China campaign

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      Chinese Foreign Ministry new spokesman Zhao Lijian gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. China's foreign ministry on Monday said it didn't matter that three expelled journalists had nothing to do with a Wall Street Journal editorial that Beijing deemed racist, and called on the paper to apologize. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    • Sunday, 23 February, 2020
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      Chinese nationals head four UN specialised agencies, no other country leads more than one 

      (FILES) In this file photo taken on June 29, 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump attend their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. - US President Donald Trump on August 30, 2019, denied his trade wars were harming the US economy, instead blaming the Federal Reserve for allowing a strong dollar that makes US exports less competitive. "We don't have a Tariff problem.... we have a Fed problem," Trump said on Twitter. He said as the euro falls against the dollar, it is "giving them a big export and manufacturing advantage," while his aggressive tariffs are taking care of "bad and/or unfair players." (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
    • Monday, 7 October, 2019
      Special ReportHow we will live in 2050
      A patent predicament: who owns an AI-generated invention?

      Much intellectual property law recognises only humans, posing problems for future innovation

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    • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
      Artificial intelligence
      Patent agencies challenged to accept AI inventor

      Legal experts submit two machine-designed products in landmark test of patent law

    • Sunday, 25 March, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      China leads blockchain patent applications

      Rush to protect technological ideas leads to patent applications trebling in 2017

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    • Monday, 29 May, 2017
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      Japan’s inventors lead world in number of patent filings

      East Asia and US clusters score highly but Europe and UK struggle, study shows

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    • Monday, 31 October, 2016
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      Patent translator flies artificial intelligence flag for public sector

      UN agency outpaces tech groups to develop machine adept with technical language

      The headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is pictured in Geneva August 23, 2012. Four months after a U.N. agency's decision to send computer equipment to Iran and North Korea first stirred controversy, a feud has erupted between the body's director general and a suspended senior manager over misconduct allegations. Picture taken August 23, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL) - RTR37A2W
    • Thursday, 9 June, 2016
      Technology sector
      Asia takes lead in rush to monetise innovations

      Chinese applications have risen 30-fold this century, mainly in computing and digital communications

    • Thursday, 11 June, 2015
      EU energy
      China raises its profile in intellectual property

      The majority of patent applications now come from outside Europe

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    • Thursday, 23 April, 2015
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      Enforcing trade mark rights in China is still a challenge
    • Tuesday, 16 December, 2014
      EU economy
      Europe continues to fall behind in race to innovate

      Region’s share of global patent filings falls to 5.8%, the lowest on record

      Chinese companies such as Huawei have invested heavily in R&D
    • Sunday, 6 October, 2013
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    • Tuesday, 28 May, 2013
      World
      Intellectual protection gets global overhaul

      Big reforms in the EU and the US have been accompanied by the wider uptake of patents internationally, reports Clive Cookson

      Europe is well placed as a centre for secure patent filing, illustration by David Bromley
    • Monday, 6 May, 2013
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      Chart of the week: China’s patent / royalty disconnect
    • Friday, 7 September, 2012
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      James Shotter reports on a big stride in protection of intellectual property

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    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2011
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