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WASHINGTON – The US Patent and Trademark Office is seeking comments by Nov. 4 on China’s patent enforcement system.
Comments are requested concerning the acquisition and enforcement of utility models and design patents; evidence collection and preservation in Chinese courts; obtaining damages and injunctions; enforceability of court orders, and administrative patent enforcement.
USPTO requests examples of firsthand experience using China’s patent enforcement system and recommendations on ways to improve it.
Based on comments, USPTO said it would produce a report detailing the patent enforcement landscape in China, identifying challenges for US innovators and recommending improvements.
BALTIMORE -- Zentech Manufacturing has completed a $1.5 million surface mount equipment expansion at its EMS facility here.
AYUDHAYA, THAILAND -- Benchmark Electronics' Thailand subsidiary has temporarily suspended operations as a result of flooding in the surrounding areas of the EMS company's campus here.
BRASILIA -- It took a meeting between Foxconn Technology Group chairman Terry Gou and Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, but a planned multi-billion dollar investment by Foxconn is back on.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Third-quarter worldwide PC shipments increased 3.6% year-over-year, beating last quarter's numbers but lower than market projections.
REYNOSA, MEXICO -- Top 10 EMS company Cal-Comp USA has purchased a 125,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility here to perform electronics manufacturing services, in particular for a major supplier of set-top boxes.
SHENZHEN – Zestron said today it would open its fifth global technical center here, with an inauguration to be held Oct. 25.
With the opening of this facility, the company is adding its second customer support center for China and fifth overall. Other sites are in Europe, the US and Southeast Asia.
The 1000 m2–plus facility features a range of different cleaning machines by various suppliers; a team of process engineers to support customers solving cleaning challenges; fully equipped conference rooms as a platform for technical seminars; and an HD video teleconferencing system that enables Zestron and its customers to access any of the company’s global engineering teams.
