1. Japanese regulators said that Apple may violate antitrust regulations, the latter's share in the day is over 50%;
Abstract: According to Reuters, Japanese regulators said on Wednesday that Apple is forcing mobile operators to sell iPhones cheaply, charging higher monthly rents and depriving consumers of fair choices.
According to Reuters, Japanese regulators said on Wednesday that Apple forced mobile operators to sell iPhones cheaply and charge higher monthly rents to deprive consumers of fair choices.
Apple’s move may violate antitrust regulations, and the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said Apple’s Japanese subsidiary forced NTT Docomo, KDDI and Softbank to subsidize and sell the iPhone at a discounted price.
FTX said in a statement: 'Forcing operators to provide subsidies may prevent operators from offering lower monthly rents and will limit competition.'
Apple's market share in Japan's smartphone market has exploded in the past two years. In the first half of 2016, US technology media Mashable sent a national smartphone penetration rate, of which Japan accounted for only 39% and weakened after other countries. By 2017, this number has climbed by more than 50%. The iOS device holding rate is almost double that of Android, reaching 64% of horror.
Therefore, Japan has become one of Apple's most profitable markets. One of every two models is the iPhone. Apple's success in Japan is inseparable from Japan's mobile phone nationality. Because Japanese mobile terminal and operator fees are not separate, the call charge package Packaged with the iPhone, consumers are unaware of the real price of an iPhone.
Fixing Japanese operators is equivalent to half of the Japanese mobile phone market. FTC said that operators sell iPhones at discounts, making Apple more advantageous than competitors such as Samsung Electronics. To compensate for the loss, operators will lock the contract for two years and four years. The mobile phone industry is underdeveloped, and the concept of cheap mobile phones has not been able to enter the Japanese consumer's vision and Japan's consistent consumption concept, simple and fast, which makes Apple in Japan.
At present, the FTC said that Apple has agreed to allow operators to offer customers another 2000 option in the process of modifying the contract. That is, to buy the iPhone without subsidies, so consumers can choose to enjoy a lower monthly rent.
2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The US accuses China of stealing intellectual property rights? The evidence is used!
Abstract: In response to the US accusation of China's 'theft of intellectual property rights', Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that in recent months, the US has repeatedly accused China of stealing intellectual property rights, but it has never produced strong evidence.
On the 13th of July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a regular press conference. In response to the "Statement on the 301 Investigation" issued by the US Trade Representative Office on July 10, accused China of 'theft of intellectual property rights', diplomacy Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that the US has been accusing China of stealing intellectual property rights, but it has never produced strong evidence.
In fact, the Ministry of Commerce had already responded to the statement and refuted the US public opinion. The Ministry of Commerce stated that the Chinese government has established a relatively complete intellectual property legal protection system and continuously exerted the leading role of intellectual property judicial protection to promote the establishment of knowledge. Property courts and specialized trial institutions. In 2017, China’s foreign-invested intellectual property fees reached US$28.6 billion, a 15 times increase over the WTO accession in 2001.
Wang Fuwen, deputy minister of commerce and deputy of international trade negotiations, also said that in 2001, China paid only $1.9 billion in intellectual property fees to the world, but by 2017, China’s use of intellectual property for the United States The fee is $ 7.13 billion.
At the press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said that in recent months, the US has repeatedly accused China of stealing intellectual property rights, but it has never produced strong evidence. Facts speak louder than words. According to statistics, China's innovative enterprises The number has already ranked second in the world. China's patent application submitted through the Patent Cooperation Treaty is second only to the United States, ranking second in the world.
In December 2017, the World Intellectual Property Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization showed that the number of invention patent applications accepted by the State Intellectual Property Office of China exceeded 1.3 million, ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years, surpassing the United States, Japan, and South Korea. And the sum of the European Patent Office. China is expected to become the world's largest international patent applicant in the next three years. These all indicate that China has become a big country that creates intellectual property independently.
At the same time, China’s foreign-funded intellectual property royalties have reached US$28.6 billion last year, with a deficit of more than US$20 billion. Among them, the payment of US intellectual property fees has increased by 14% year-on-year. These figures and facts have effectively responded to the US side from one side. The so-called accusation of China’s theft of intellectual property rights indicates that China’s attitude of respecting and protecting intellectual property rights is serious and actions are effective.
According to the latest global innovation index released by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization, China is among the top 20 most innovative economies in the world, and is the only middle-income country to enter the top 20. From the perspective of investment, China's human capital and R&D The absolute value of investment ranks second in the world; from the perspective of output, China is the country with the most patent applications, the largest number of scientific publications and the largest number of scientific workers and R&D personnel. China is gradually becoming a global leader in innovation and branding.
In addition, Hua Chunying emphasized that innovation and intellectual property rights are by no means exclusive to the US 'patent'. The application of intellectual property rights and the promotion of economic and social progress are not exclusive rights of the United States. Innovation and intellectual property rights should serve the progress and well-being of all mankind. It should not be a tool for the United States to suppress the development of other countries and maintain its own self-interest. (Proofreading/group)
3. China enters the global innovation index Top20! Foreign media: China's innovation speed is beyond imagination!
On July 10, 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University, the European Business School and the 2018 Global Innovation Index Knowledge Partner jointly released the Global Innovation Index (GII).
From the report and the following figure, China's ranking has been rising in the past three years. China's latest ranking has been five times higher than last year. It has been promoted to the world's most innovative top 20 economies, and Switzerland continues to dominate. In 2018 The top 10 countries in the Global Innovation Index are: Netherlands, Sweden, UK, Singapore, USA, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Ireland. Although the US fell to sixth in the 2018 Global Innovation Index, it is still an innovation power. It has spawned a large number of high-tech companies and life-changing innovations in the world. China ranked the 29th, 34th, 35th, 29th, and 29th global innovation indices in 2011-2015.
The main conclusions are as follows: 1. The number of innovation achievers is increasing
A group of low- and middle-income economies outperformed their expectations for innovation. The 'innovation achievers' in 2018 included 20 economies, three more than in 2017. Sub-Saharan Africa has 6 An innovative achiever, including Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa, and five economies from Eastern Europe.
The rankings of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam continue to move forward, and are closer to regional powers such as China, Japan, Singapore and the Republic of Korea.
'Over time, some emerging economies have emerged and are constantly climbing and breaking through in the blueprint for innovation,' said Sumitra Duta, a former president and management professor at Cornell University. 'Besides being among the top 25 Outside of China, the middle-income economy closest to this leading group is Malaysia. Other countries of concern are India, Iran, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam, which are constantly on the list.
2. New conclusions and new developments in the Global Innovation Index
Updated surveys of 'leading technology clusters' around the world, and added scientific publications to international patent applications to highlight particularly intensive areas of innovation. Tokyo-Yokohama and Shenzhen-Hong Kong are ranked in the top of the list The United States has the largest number of hotspots: 26.
A new 'IPC Green List' shows that patent activity related to environmentally friendly energy is worrying about growth rates, while the peak of green patent publications appears in 2012;
Expanding research into economies that are efficient and innovative, these economies can transform investment in education, research and research and development spending into high-quality, innovative outputs. The best among them are Switzerland, Luxembourg, China, the Netherlands, Ukraine. , Republic of Moldova, Malta, Hungary, Germany and Sweden;
A new indicator has been added – mobile app (app) development, Cyprus, Finland and Lithuania lead the way in developing GDP-related mobile applications.
3. The theme of the 2018 Global Innovation Index: 'World Energy, Innovation for the Needs'
The theme of the 2018 edition of the Global Innovation Index is 'World Energy, Innovation for the Needs', which examines the need to broaden innovative work in climate-friendly green technologies as global energy demand continues to rise. Forecasts indicate that by 2040 The world's demand for energy is up to 30% higher than it is now, and the traditional approach of expanding energy supply is unsustainable in the face of climate change.
'Innovation is clearly essential for dealing with the energy/environment equation, but we must also note that this innovation cannot be done only technically, but also requires new social, economic and business models, including the development of smart cities and Carpool-based travel solutions, as well as fostering global citizenship – have a clearer understanding of the impact of various energy policies. 'Bruno Langwan, executive director of the European Business School Global Index, said. We must ensure that solutions to energy challenges are tailored to local needs without additional disruption and reducing inequalities.'
The conclusions of the Global Innovation Index on clean energy innovation include: The entire energy value chain requires new technological advances, and public policy will play a central role in guiding the transition to clean energy.
'As far as the energy sector is concerned, innovation is critical to the company's strategy. Energy executives are fully aware of the fundamental changes they face, and the extent to which companies use new energy and distribution technologies to innovate. Life and death in the process of transformation. This market will continue to evolve in the coming decades. Research shows that as renewable energy becomes more feasible, the power industry is likely to become a treasure trove of innovation, one of the global innovation index knowledge partners, Puri Yaruzelski, director of StrategyCoopers' strategic consulting business, Strategy.
North America
Two of the top 20 economies in the global innovation index this year are located in North America.
This year's US overall ranking is sixth, down two places from 2017 – this change is partly due to model changes. Absolutely, the US remains the biggest contributor to key innovation inputs and outputs, including R&D. Investment. The United States ranks second only to China in terms of number of researchers, number of patents, and number of scientific publications. In terms of university quality, the United States surpassed the UK for the third consecutive year, with the highest score being at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford. University and Harvard University.
Canada ranks 18th overall and has an advantage in easy-to-start ventures and venture capital transactions.
Europe
Of the top 20 innovative economies, 11 are from Europe, including the top three in Switzerland (first), the Netherlands (second) and Sweden (third).
For the eighth consecutive year, Switzerland has won the Global Innovation Index. It ranks first in several patent and intellectual property related indicators, and ranks second in high-end and mid-to-high-end technology production, in research and development expenditures and local universities. Quality and other aspects are among the best.
The Netherlands ranks second in the global innovation rankings. Its corporate sector is strong, interrelated, and close to universities, and has achieved internationalization through intellectual property licensing.
Sweden ranks third in the world. It maintains its number one position in patent applications submitted by nationals through the WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and has a good performance in online creativity.
Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania
This year, all economies in Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania have entered the top 100 global innovation index. Singapore (5), South Korea (12) and Japan (13) are among the top economies in the region.
Singapore remains the number one of the following indicators: government effectiveness, regulatory quality and foreign direct investment outflows. Singapore also has political stability and security, market capitalization, foreign direct investment inflows, high-end and mid- to high-end technology production, and high-tech exports. Excellent performance.
Japan ranks first among several indicators: total domestic R&D expenditures funded by enterprises, same-party patents and intellectual property incomes applied by two or more administrations.
South Korea ranks among the top national patent applications and a number of indicators measuring R&D effectiveness (total domestic R&D expenditures, corporate funding and R&D, corporate research talents). Its net industrial design and high-tech exports in the country. The aspect also remains first. It is also ranked 8th in the new indicator, mobile application development.
Central South Asia
India continues to maintain its leading position in Central and South Asia, rising three places – from 60th in the 2017 Global Innovation Index to 57th this year. The Islamic Republic of Iran is still ranked second in the region. Kazakhstan is third.
Among low- and middle-income economies, India has risen to fifth in the global innovation index rankings. It has achieved better performance than its per capita GDP in innovation for the eighth consecutive year. India has achieved better results in the following important indicators. Ranking: Productivity growth, ICT service exports.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is among the best in the following indicators this year: productivity growth, graduates in science and engineering. Other areas of comparative advantage include capital investment, patents, scientific publications, trademarks and technology manufacturing.
Kazakhstan ranks third in the region this year and has relatively strong performance in the following indicators: student-teacher ratio, total capital formation and foreign direct investment inflows.
North Africa and West Asia
Israel (11) and Cyprus (29) ranked the top two in the region for the sixth consecutive year. The United Arab Emirates ranks third.
Israel leads the following indicators: number of researchers, R&D expenditure, venture capital transactions, corporate funding research and development, corporate research talent, ICT service exports; Wikipedia edits.
Cyprus has a strong presence in terms of easy access to credit, knowledge dissemination and online creativity. Other areas of strength include: FDI inflows and outflows, import and export of information technology services. Cyprus is also a world leader in mobile application development.
The United Arab Emirates excels in the number of international students entering the higher education, cluster development, corporate funding research and development, research talent and education, general infrastructure and innovation.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Chile ranks 47th in this year's Global Innovation Index. The region's strength lies in the quality of supervision, registration of foreign students, easy access to credit, companies providing formal training, new businesses and foreign direct investment inflows and outflows.
Costa Rica ranks second in the region. It excels in education, easy access to credit, per capita output of workers, intellectual property payments, exports of information and communication services, print and other media in manufacturing.
Mexico ranks third in the region and ranks in the top ten in terms of easy access to credit, technology manufacturing, net technology imports and net exports, and exports of creative products.
Brazil, the largest economy in the region, ranked 64th in this year's Global Innovation Index and rose by five. The areas of comparative advantage are: R&D spending, net high-tech imports and net exports, scientific publications and The quality of universities (especially the University of São Paulo, the University of Campinas and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa ranks first among all economies in the region, followed by Mauritius and Kenya.
In several editions of the Global Innovation Index, some sub-Saharan African economies have performed relatively better than their respective levels of economic development.
South Africa has achieved 58th this year. Its strengths are in the market maturity and corporate sector. Other strength indicators include: easy access to credit, market capitalization, university/industry research cooperation, cluster development and intellectual property payments. South Africa is constantly improving its scientific papers. And the quality of colleges and universities, especially the University of Cape Town, the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Stellenbosch.
Mauritius ranks second in the region and has a strong political, commercial and credit environment. Other strengths include: political stability and security, middle school student spending, energy efficiency and trade.
Kenya's innovations have performed quite well compared to their level of development, which has been consistent since 2011. Kenya's strengths include easy access to credit (especially microfinance), innovation linkages and creative services exports, such as overseas funding. R&D, labor efficiency, printing and other media. Chinese Academy of Sciences Intellectual Property Information
4. In order to ensure the safety of drone distribution, Amazon applied for the patent of 'anti-hijacking machine';
In the latest attempt to improve the distribution system through drones, Amazon is addressing the problems of soft landings and underwater warehouses, and hopes to protect drones from malicious attacks. Not long ago, Amazon acquired a name called 'Autopilot The patent for hostile control and attack avoidance of the tool, which is designed to equip drones with 'recovery related technologies from hostile attacks', as drones become more and more used in the distribution process, this concern Increasingly. This patent is designed to protect drones from 'evil individual' attacks, that is, those who attempt to use the drone to steal goods, destroy systems or cause other types of interference.
Under normal operating conditions (task mode), the control system sends a signal to the drone at regular intervals (such as every two or three seconds). The drone has a timing device that is heavy each time a signal is received. If there is an accident, the drone will switch from 'task mode' to 'safe mode'. Under this safe operating condition, the drone will perform 'one or more pre-programmed actions, intended to be associated with the control system. Re-establish communication, regain control of the drone, and land the drone in a safe location. '
If the signal sent to the drone is interrupted for any reason, the control system will regain control or land the drone from the hacker. A key part of the system is to enable the drone to detect when a hacker attack occurs. Safe landing point. If someone tries to force control of the drone, the drone can analyze the surrounding environment (based on previous flight) to find a safe place. This ensures that the drone and cargo are safe under any interference. As a result, Amazon can ensure that its drone distribution system delivers what you want when you need it – without any disruption.
This is just the latest 7a2d in a series of patents related to drones that Amazon has acquired in the past few years. Previous patents include drones that charge electric vehicles, and various storage bays for drones. Methods, including storing them in trains, cellular warehouses, airships and underwater facilities. Amazon plans to make drones better aware of the surrounding environment, and has applied for two other patents for drones. A drone that talks to people in the air, another drone that can understand voice and gesture commands.
5. Baidu Developer Conference show technical strength, nearly 3,000 AI core patents become an important support
On July 4th, at the Baidu Create 2018 AI Developer Conference, Baidu Brain 3.0 was officially released. Baidu CEO Li Yanhong introduced in the speech that Baidu Brain 3.0 has a platform, technology and ecological full stack layout, which has become a very prosperous Ecology.
'In the past seven or eight years, Baidu will invest about 15% of its revenue every year in the research and development of AI technology. We have tens of thousands of engineers. We have nearly one million server clusters for various complexities. Operation, we have trillions of data to 'feed' Baidu brain, and there are hundreds of billions of parameters and samples to participate in training. 'As Li Yanhong said, behind Baidu Brain 3.0 is Baidu’s tens of billions of years of artificial intelligence. Big investment, is a million server clusters, trillion training data, and a large neural network of 100 billion parameters, sample and feature training. At the same time, Baidu's soaring AI patent application also shows its artificial intelligence. The strength and continuous growth of core technology. It is reported that in the past year, the number of patent applications of Baidu AI has increased significantly to nearly 2,000, with a growth rate of 152%.
It is reported that the core of Baidu Brain 3.0 is multi-modal depth semantic understanding. Taking the important branch 'visual technology' as an example, Baidu has more than 100 core patents, and with the breakthrough in face recognition technology, Baidu is Selected as one of the top 10 breakthrough technology lists released by MIT. Up to now, Baidu has accumulated nearly 3,000 core technology patents in the field of artificial intelligence, applying for geographically spread across Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea and other regions and countries, and the depth and breadth of the layout are global. Both are leading. These patents that enrich Baidu's latest AI technology research and development support the core technical capabilities of Baidu Brain 3.0, and lay an important foundation for Li Yanhong's Equalone Can AI's equal empowerment technology concept. The research and development strength of Chinese technology companies in the AI era.
As the Internet giant with the most technical genes in China, Baidu's layout in the field of artificial intelligence basic technology started earlier, and now it is entering the 'harvest season'. According to the relevant person in charge of the Baidu patent department, relying on the earlier layout and investment, Baidu currently has a lot of accumulation in various fields of artificial intelligence. For example, Baidu has nearly 700 technical patents in NLP (Natural Language Processing) natural language processing, and has over 500 technical patents in the field of voice. In the data field, the knowledge map field also has more patents.
With the continuous breakthrough in basic technology research, Baidu has also launched more and more successful commercial products. At this year's developer conference, Baidu handed over a bright AI industrialized transcript: Baidu United Jinlong Bus The world's first L4-class mass production auto-driving bus 'Apolon' was off-line, DuerOS 3.0 opened the business model closed loop, officially launched the business division mode... In the field of AI applications such as autonomous driving, smart devices, Baidu also laid out Numerous core patents support product development. Up to now, Baidu has more than 500 technical patents in the field of driverless, covering almost all automatic driving fields such as environmental awareness, behavior prediction, operating system, and high-precision positioning. There are also more than 200 in the field of smart devices. Technology patent support.
In addition to developing and accumulating its own AI technology patent strength, Baidu also hopes to learn from domestic companies and work together to continue to consolidate China's patent distribution in the field of artificial intelligence. In 2015, Baidu led, United Haier, Jingdong, China Putian, Beiqi Shares, BOE and other more than 20 units form the 'Intelligent Voice Intellectual Property Industry Alliance', jointly set up the patent pool within the alliance to be open to the members of the alliance for free. In the future, Baidu will continue to explore and seek more partners in the field of artificial intelligence. Joint vertical and horizontal, common development. TOM