Peter Ollier interviews Netac's Vincent Zhong

Netac Technology was the first Chinese company that sued an American company, PNY Technologies of Texas, for patent infringement (USB flash memory). The two companies settled their patent dispute out of court in March, read more here.
Mr Peter Ollier interviewed Mr Vincent Zhong, vice-president of Netac Technologies about the dispute.

In the interview Mr Zhong tells that Netac Technology is litigating against a Taiwanese company that they accuse of breaching their Taiwanese patent.

Possible explanations for why Netac Technology is the IP avant garde of China is that this company is focusing more on R&D than on production and that two of its have worked for IP savvy Philips in Singapore.

Read Mr Ollier's article''Meet China's litigation pioneer' for Managing Intellectual Property here.

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Patent Disputes Between China-South Korea-India versus the US Jeopardises Cleaner Coal Technology

Kathleen Kilanowski, an attorney focusing on IP among other things, for Dallas and New York based Scott & Scott, a law and technology services firm, wrote about international patent disputes that halt progress in FutureGen's coal power plant technology. FutureGen Industrial Alliance is a public-private partnership to design, build, and operate the world's first coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant, at an estimated net project cost of US $1.5 billion.

"China, South Korea, and India are keen on putting the patent to the technologies, software, and related know-how in public domain. The United States, however, is aiming to unilaterally take ownership. Businesses operating internationally should stay informed about the progress in this dispute, which may have implications for future international patent issues."

The parties seem to have started a kind of mumbletypeg with patents. Not a pretty sight, because this technology is crucial for everybody. Read Ms Kilanowski's article here.

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