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Comment: China's patent practices should be closely monitored amid shifts in technology and policy

Chinese courts started using injunctions against lawsuits in disputes over standard essential patents, or SEPs, in 2020, after a Shenzhen court’s ruling in favor of Huawei was later nullified by a US court that granted Samsung’s request for such an injunction in 2018. The disputes come against the backdrop of Beijing's

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Sachiko Sakamaki

Senior Correspondent, Tokyo


Sachiko covers antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, as well as patent disputes related to connected cars. She has an undergraduate degree from Waseda University in Tokyo and a master's degree in communications from United States International (now Alliant International) University in California. She previously worked as a journalist for Time magazine, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Bloomberg News, and the Washington Post in Japan.

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