Huawei and Tencent Spearhead China's Hold on Cybersecurity Patents (nikkei.com) 28
China's presence is growing in cybersecurity technology, with companies such as Huawei and Tencent accounting for six of the top 10 global patent holdings in the sector as of August. From a report: Chinese companies have made headway in technological fields that affect economic security, according to industry insiders, as they focus on fostering their own tech amid the growing standoff between the U.S. and China. The rankings, compiled by Nikkei in cooperation with U.S. information services provider LexisNexis, are based on patents registered in 95 countries and regions, including Japan, the U.S., China and the European Union. Patent registrations were screened for the cybersecurity field using such factors as the international patent classification, with filings of the same patent in multiple countries counted as a single patent.
As of August, IBM led the rankings with 6,363 patents. Huawei Technologies came in second with 5,735 patents and Tencent Holdings placed third with 4,803. Other Chinese companies in the top 10 included financial services provider Ant Group in sixth with 3,922 patents, followed by power transmission company State Grid Corp. of China with 3,696, Alibaba Group Holding with 3,122 and sovereign wealth fund China Investment with 3,042. Patent applications filed by Chinese companies have increased since around 2018, when the U.S. began to impose full-scale export controls on Chinese high-tech companies. Compared with 10 years ago, IBM's patent holdings increased by a factor of 1.5. In contrast, holdings for Huawei and Tencent were 2.3 times and 13 times higher, respectively.
As of August, IBM led the rankings with 6,363 patents. Huawei Technologies came in second with 5,735 patents and Tencent Holdings placed third with 4,803. Other Chinese companies in the top 10 included financial services provider Ant Group in sixth with 3,922 patents, followed by power transmission company State Grid Corp. of China with 3,696, Alibaba Group Holding with 3,122 and sovereign wealth fund China Investment with 3,042. Patent applications filed by Chinese companies have increased since around 2018, when the U.S. began to impose full-scale export controls on Chinese high-tech companies. Compared with 10 years ago, IBM's patent holdings increased by a factor of 1.5. In contrast, holdings for Huawei and Tencent were 2.3 times and 13 times higher, respectively.
I'm sure (Score:3)
Its not like I can do anything about it.
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curious.
china observes patent ownership
Endgame: The Patents (Score:4, Funny)
Meanwhile, in the geek peanut gallery, we're munching on popcorn, watching this saga unfold like it's the season finale of 'Silicon Valley.' It's like a crossover episode where 'The IT Crowd' meets 'The Big Bang Theory,' but instead of laugh tracks, we have the sound of patents being stamped.
So, gather around, tech enthusiasts! It's not every day you witness the thrill of a corporate patent battle royale. Will our contenders achieve a snap-worthy patent portfolio, or will they just end up with a drawer full of 'Collector's Edition' legal documents? Stay tuned for the next episode of 'Endgame: The Patents.'
Quantity over Quality. (Score:3)
I guess now the patent moto has moved on from 'on a computer' to 'for your security'.
-You can keep the drama while the rest of us yawn.
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Oh c'mon, it's 'for your security'... 'on a computer'
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Patents serve multiple purposes. As well as giving the inventor a temporary monopoly on the technology, they can also extract licence fees. One of the most lucrative ways is to get the patent incorporated into a standard, like 5G cellular, so that everyone who makes 5G products has to pay the licence fee.
One of the most common uses is in patent swaps. To avoid paying licence fees, companies often licence each others patents on a swap. That means they need a constant supply of patents to offer up. Apple was
The word "security" does not belong there. (Score:5, Insightful)
Come up with a better word for it. "Cybertyranny" looks a bit weird, but 100% accurate.
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[Comment critical of China's overwhelmingly criminal behavior] --> Response: "Whatabout...[vapid, delusional attempt to accuse the accuser]"
But thank you for your service to the Motherland and Party, comradebot.
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Re: The word "security" does not belong there. (Score:1)
So which part of what they said do you disagree with and why, mister Ad Hominem? You accused them of whataboutism which they were not even engaging in, since they said nothing to try to detract from the point about China.
The USA is known to operate multiple unconstitutional citizen spying programs and to be the backbone of Five Eyes, a whole ALLIANCE of illegal spying activity. If you think that China is the only big illegal spy abusing human rights with their ill-gotten PII then you're a dildo. Odds are th
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Re: The word "security" does not belong there. (Score:1)
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You guys always tell on yourselves by accusing others of what you do, because you're sure everyone else does it.
I have only this one account. I had another account with a lower UID before, but I forgot all of the details and almost surely don't have access to the email for it any more to recover it anyway. I also almost never post as AC, although every once in a very great while I want to post some information that I don't particularly want attached to this name. Less than once a year, in fact.
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Re: The word "security" does not belong there. (Score:1)
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Yep, it's 100% different, CCPbot.
Re: The word "security" does not belong there. (Score:2)
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You're an idiot. The CCP and the U.S. government do not operate in remotely the same way when it comes to defense or any other thing.
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That's not how the CCP operates. They have laws that allow the security services to access data stored by IT companies on request. They don't need backdoors, they can use the front door.
Do they backdoor export products? That would be extremely dumb, but the NSA does it so merely being idiotic is no guarantee that they don't. But is there really any need to? If you assume that e.g. Huawei is as good as Cisco, given Cisco's record on security there are probably plenty of zero day exploits available anyway. Bu
Why are we (Score:5, Insightful)
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honoring China's IP when they won't honor ours?
There is a group of ultra rich billionaires who consider the normal people in their own countries as greater enemies than the oligarch billionaires of the various authoritarian kleptocracies of the world. In a sense are the archetypal "capitalists that will sell us the rope we use to hang them" that communists believe in. People like Elon Musk believe that they got themselves to the situation where they currently are through their own brilliance. They do not understand that actually they relied the whole wa
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honoring China's IP when they won't honor ours?
That's why they're winning.
Now go and collect your food stamp.