Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a study on “Patenting Activity among 5G Technology Developers.” One key takeaway is that "[t]he findings of the report call into question claims that any single firm or country is 'winning' the 5G technology race."

Two Republican Senators and one Republican Congresswoman have introduced legislation that they say would "direct the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require companies listed on U.S. exchanges to identify whether a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization is present in the firm’s operations."

After an attempt to initiate an anti-circumvention inquiry related to anti-dumping/countervailing duty orders on Chinese photovoltaic cells and modules last year was rejected, a U.S. solar company last week began a new effort.

An Australian Parliamentary Committee has completed a detailed inquiry into expanding the CPTPP, and has made recommendations related to the applications of both China and Taiwan.

Recent comments by Biden administration officials suggest that they may be ready to move on from the Phase One deal negotiated by the Trump administration. If they do move on, what are some possible aspects of a new approach?

Last week, Politico reported that the UK government was taking tentative steps to restore a forum to talk about trade and investment with China, but there was immediate pushback from some of the China hawks within the Conservative Party.

This past week CTM covered a Chinese Supreme Court ruling on patent/antitrust issues, China joining two IP treaties, developments in several Chinese economic partnerships, and China perhaps being excluded from a TRIPS Waiver; several pieces of U.S. legislation, executive branch actions, and local government decisions; a UK decision