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Shifts in European Patent Strategy Revealed by the EPO 2025 Statistics: How Should We Read China’s Rise?

A New Phase in European Patents Revealed by the EPO’s 2025 Statistics: Why the “Center of Gravity” of Technology and Institutional Competition Matter More Than Filing Numbers

“China’s ‘Monetization of Patents’: What We Should Really Be Watching Is Not the Number of Patents, but the Structural Shift”

Who Owns a Recipe? — The Respect for Creators in the Age of AI, as Exposed by the Cookpad “Recipe Scrap” Controversy

From “Patents to Protect” to “Patents to Put to Work” — POSCO’s Free Technology Transfer Signals a Shift in Industrial Policy

How Far Can a Claim Like “From ___” Be Allowed to Go? — The Boundary of Restaurant Branding Exposed by Ginza Hachigo’s Warning

“Is China’s AI Still Just a Follower?” It Is Already Too Late for That Question — How DeepSeek Has Redrawn the Competitive Map

The Current State of Intellectual Property as Seen on International Women’s Day: The “New Value Creation” Illustrated by the Challenges Taken on by Women Leaders

Has China’s Technological Innovation Entered a Full-Fledged Growth Phase? — How Should We Read the Industrial Structural Changes Indicated by Tax Revenue Data

Is AI That Continues Social Media Activity in Place of the Dead Not Technological Progress, but a Retreat of Boundaries?

Intellectual Property, Know-How, and Data Are Not Things to Be “Given Away for Free” — The Risks in Transaction Practices Revealed by the JFTC Survey

Intellectual Property, Know-How, and Data Are Not “Something You Can Get for Free” — The Risks in Business Practices Revealed by the JFTC’s Fact-Finding Survey

What China’s Lead in PCT Filings Really Indicates—Not Just a Large Number of Applications, but the Depth of Technological Capability Expanding Internationally

What Avanci’s Entry into Wi-Fi Signals: The Moment the Main Battleground for SEP Licensing Expands from In-Vehicle Cellular to In-Vehicle Wi-Fi

Counterfeit Goods Are Not Just a “Price Problem” — Osaka Customs’ Seizure Figures Reveal the Seriousness of Intellectual Property Infringement Creeping into Everyday Life

Can AI Be an Inventor? — The Limits of Current Law Revealed by the Supreme Court’s Decision and the Future of Patent Practice

A New Form of Cooperation Indicated by the Japan–Korea High-Level Economic Dialogue — Japan–Korea Relations in the Era of Economic Security

A “New Form of Cooperation” Indicated by the Japan–Korea High-Level Economic Dialogue — Japan–Korea Relations in the Era of Economic Security

Toward the “Next 20 Years” of the Korea–Singapore FTA — A New Phase Signaled by Economic Security and Technological Cooperation

Did Generative AI Break Copyright — or Did It Break the “Human-Scale Assumption”?

Personal Remakes Do Not Constitute Trademark Infringement

The Era When Sound Becomes a “Brand Asset” — The Significance of Morinaga’s Registration of the “Choco Monaka Jumbo” Sound Trademark

From “Protecting” IP to “Leveraging” It: The Strengthening of the Intellectual Property Management Support Network as a Turning Point in SME Policy

U.S. Federal Court Issues Permanent Sales Ban — The Weight of “Technological Sovereignty” and IP Strategy in an International Dispute Over Optoelectronic Semiconductor Patents

Three Major South Korean Broadcasters Sue OpenAI — Rethinking Copyright and “Data Sovereignty” in the Age of Generative AI

Will the iPhone Become the “Ultimate Emergency Communication Device”?—The Strategic Significance of Apple’s “Satellite Communication Case”—

What Does “Trump Airport” Mean?—Considering the Naming of Public Infrastructure and Political Branding—

How to Read Meta’s “User Proxy AI” Patent—The Boundary Between Social Media and Personhood in the Age of Digital Clones—

What the Valve v. Rothschild Ruling Reveals—The Current State of Comprehensive Settlement Agreements and Patent Troll Regulation—

A New Phase in the Medical Device Industry Signaled by Danaher’s Acquisition of Masimo— What Is the Strategic Value of Noninvasive Monitoring Technology? —

How Should We View Meta’s Newly Granted “User Proxy AI” Patent?— Technology That Fills Absence and the Boundary of Human Presence —

Can Generative AI Protect Anime Culture?— The Tension Between Creativity and Technology Highlighted by the Seedance 2.0 Controversy —