KENJIRO SUZUKI, Nikkei Asia; Japan's universities fail to make the most of intellectual property
"Due to lack of support, patents earn only 2% compared to U.S. schools"
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Japan Declares AI Training Data Fair Game and ‘Will Not Enforce Copyright’; PetaPixel, June 5, 2023
MATT GROWCOOT , PetaPixel; Japan Declares AI Training Data Fair Game and ‘Will Not Enforce Copyright’
"In the first such declaration of its kind, Japan has seemingly asserted that it will not enforce copyrights when it comes to training generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs.
Japan’s minister of education, culture, sports, science, and technology recently said that it is possible to take content from any source and use it for “information analysis.”
According to a Japanese political website, Liberal Democrat minister Keiko Nagoaka clearly stated at a committee meeting that AI companies can use whatever data they want to train generative AI programs."
Thursday, January 31, 2019
UN agency finds US, Asian companies seek most AI patents; Associated Press, January 31, 2019
Associated Press; UN agency finds US, Asian companies seek most AI patents
"The U.N.’s intellectual property organization says companies in Japan, South Korea and the U.S. are the top filers of patent applications involving artificial intelligence.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has issued a first report aiming to show trends in AI, seen as a growth area in coming years, although still a tiny fraction of all patent applications each year.
WIPO said Thursday that machine learning is the dominant AI technique disclosed in patents."
"The U.N.’s intellectual property organization says companies in Japan, South Korea and the U.S. are the top filers of patent applications involving artificial intelligence.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has issued a first report aiming to show trends in AI, seen as a growth area in coming years, although still a tiny fraction of all patent applications each year.
WIPO said Thursday that machine learning is the dominant AI technique disclosed in patents."
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
China keeps global crown in patent applications; Nikkei Asian Review, December 4, 2018
Rintaro Hosokawa, Nikkei Asian Review; China keeps global crown in patent applications
"China was responsible for around 40% of the 3.17 million patent applications submitted worldwide last year, putting the country at the top for the seventh straight year and driving Asia's growing presence in the global intellectual property arena.
The World Intellectual Property Organization said Monday China's 1.38 million applications mark a new record, though the group did not give a year-on-year percentage increase due to changes in the way China's patent office counted filings.
China's patent applications in 2017 mainly concerned electronic devices, computer technology and digital data transmission. Chinese tech companies, such as telecommunications equipment makers Huawei Technologies and ZTE, significantly boosted their application counts.
At 607,000, patent applications from the U.S. were less than half of China's total. That places America in second place, followed by Japan's 318,000 applications in third and South Korea's 200,000 in the No. 4 spot."
"China was responsible for around 40% of the 3.17 million patent applications submitted worldwide last year, putting the country at the top for the seventh straight year and driving Asia's growing presence in the global intellectual property arena.
The World Intellectual Property Organization said Monday China's 1.38 million applications mark a new record, though the group did not give a year-on-year percentage increase due to changes in the way China's patent office counted filings.
China's patent applications in 2017 mainly concerned electronic devices, computer technology and digital data transmission. Chinese tech companies, such as telecommunications equipment makers Huawei Technologies and ZTE, significantly boosted their application counts.
At 607,000, patent applications from the U.S. were less than half of China's total. That places America in second place, followed by Japan's 318,000 applications in third and South Korea's 200,000 in the No. 4 spot."
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Brain Power Pays Off With Japan’s Intellectual Property Exports; Bloomberg, January 15, 2018
Connor Cislo, Bloomberg; Brain Power Pays Off With Japan’s Intellectual Property Exports
"Given the importance of IP to their economies, Japan and other advanced nations such as the U.S. are trying to strengthen protections in this area.
"Given the importance of IP to their economies, Japan and other advanced nations such as the U.S. are trying to strengthen protections in this area.
Japan nearly saw its preferred IP protection regime realized in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, until President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the agreement threw the pact's future into doubt.
The remaining 11 TPP members have suspended multiple IP-related provisions from the original agreement. Meanwhile, another large trade deal championed by China, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, doesn’t address IP to the satisfaction of Japanese businesses."
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Asia Is Getting Its Own Patent Police; Bloomberg, 7/7/16
Paul Einhorn and Pavel Alpeyev, Bloomberg; Asia Is Getting Its Own Patent Police:
"Xiaomi is among a growing number of Chinese companies—PC maker Lenovo, screen maker BOE, appliance maker Midea—“looking to get their hands on good, solid IP that can be used against multinationals,” says Guy Proulx, chief executive officer of advisory firm Transpacific IP Group. “Used against” often means extracting fees via angry letter, negotiation, or lawsuit. It’s a shift for Chinese companies, which have more often been the defendants in patent suits. They’re catching up with a trend in Japan and South Korea, where government-backed funds are fighting on behalf of big tech companies’ IP."
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