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From “Owning” IP to Building a System That Generates Profits: How the Intangible Asset Guidelines Are Driving a Transformation in Corporate Management

What 453,000 Patent Grants Reveal: China’s IP Policy Is Shifting from “Obtaining Rights” to Building Industrial and Financial Infrastructure

From USDC Issuer to “Owner of Financial Infrastructure”: What Circle’s Acquisition of IBM’s Blockchain Patents Means

AI Does Not Decide Patentability—How the JPO AI Vision Points to the Future of Patent Examination

Expertise Is Portable, but Trade Secrets Are Not—The Boundary of Job Mobility in the Battle for AI Talent

From an “Advisory Desk” to a “Command Center for Regional Industry”: The Role of INPIT-KYUSHU

Will a 200% Tariff on Generic Drugs Save the United States?—How Reshoring Could Lead to Higher Drug Prices and Supply Shortages

Entresto Sales Halve, Yet Profit Beats Expectations—What Novartis’s Earnings Reveal About Surviving the “Patent Cliff”

The TSMC Former Employee Case Signals a New Phase in Technology Leakage—Semiconductors Are Shifting from Corporate Secrets to National Security Assets

Is Sony’s New Cooling Patent a Step Toward the “PS6”? The Potential for a Console Design Unaffected by Vertical or Horizontal Placement

Can OpenAI’s “Moving AI Speaker” Become the Leading Device of the Post-Smartphone Era?—How a Screenless AI Companion Could Transform the Relationship Between Humans and Machines

SoftBank Ranks First Worldwide in Generative AI Patents—What 2,985 Patent Families Reveal About the Shift from “Companies That Build AI” to “Companies That Invent with AI”

Can “J-Beauty” Become the Next Cool Japan?—The Future of Japan’s Beauty Industry Hinges on Advertising Reform and Industry Collaboration

From Partner to Rival: The Apple–OpenAI Lawsuit and the Battle for Supremacy in AI Devices

From Patriot “Provision” to “Production”: What Ukraine Air Defense Support Reveals About a Prolonged War and the Realities of the Security Business

The Battle for Leadership in GaN Semiconductors Will Be Decided Not Only by Factories but Also by Patents — What the Infineon vs. Innoscience Dispute Reveals About Competition in Next-Generation Power Semiconductors

“Hand Over the Design Drawings for Free” No Longer Works: An Era in Which SME Data Becomes a Tradable Asset

Why Louis Vuitton Is Suing Even Restaurants: How Far Can a “Flower Pattern” Become a Brand Asset?

ODA to Protect the Content Industry: Anti-Piracy Measures Move from “Cultural Policy” to “Diplomatic Infrastructure”

The Next Battleground in Satellite Communications Shown by the Sharp–SES Partnership: The Role of Device Manufacturers in the 5G NTN Era

Will AirPods Become Devices That Can Measure the “State of the Brain”? Apple’s Ear-EEG Patent Points to the Next Stage of Wearable Health Management

The End of “Verbal Orders” in the Advertising Industry: A Turning Point for Production Transactions Shown by the Intensive Investigation under the Transaction Fairness Act

The “Registration Waiting Risk” Signaled by the Surge in German Trademark Applications — European Brand Strategy Is Entering an Era of Earlier Action and Continuous Monitoring

SMEs’ Intellectual Property Is Not an “Extra”: The JFTC Guidelines as a Turning Point in Business Practices

Quantum Computers Are Moving from “Dream Machines” to National Infrastructure: The Next Technology Race Signaled by U.S. Executive Orders

Sakana Fugu Signals the End of “Single-Model Competition” — AI Is Moving from Size to Combination

What Did AI Music Grow Up Listening To? The “Training Source” Problem Raised by The Atlantic’s Dataset Investigation

Is Speed Alone Enough in Patent Examination? — A Turning Point in IP Strategy Signaled by Standardization Strategy-Responsive Examination

The New Risks of the Semiconductor Era Reflected in TSMC’s Patent Litigation: The Battle Between “Non-Manufacturing Rights Holders” and Advanced Industries

Does AI Replace People, or Expand Them? — Considering AI Implementation in Japanese Society through the 40th Anniversary Proposal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

The Design Philosophy Behind Nintendo’s New Patent for “Never-Lost” 3D Games: Could Maps and Camera Control Become Key in the Remake Era?

Job Sites, Patents, and Subsidies: The Competition for Technological Hegemony over China Has Entered a New Phase