According to the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), the number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 5.32 million by the end of 2025. The ...

According to the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), the number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 5.32 million by the end of 2025. The ...

Understanding the shape of innovation is difficult. But one way of looking at this is by examining inventions. Patented inventions have clear pieces of information associated with them, from their ...

Entrepreneurs courageously leave the comfortable behind them to blaze new trails. Their businesses, often built upon new inventions and secret information, can be especially vulnerable if they don’t ...

December 5, 2022 - Agencies have broad discretion under their supervisory authority to request information from companies, including confidential information about secret inventions. This information ...