TSMC top in invention patents in Q1

TSMC filed 752 invention patents, up 4 percent from a year earlier, marking the fourth consecutive year the chipmaker claimed the first place in the first quarter. Patents are categorized into three ...

Taiwan an illegal streaming hot spot: USTR

Taiwan has been flagged as a hot spot for illegal video streaming in this year’s edition of a US government report on intellectual property theft. The nation was found to be home to “notable levels of ...

Apple, Oppo vie to be top in China

Shenzhen-based Oppo had the biggest share of shipments, at 19.6 percent, IDC data showed, with Apple’s iPhone following close behind. Counterpoint and Canalys estimates, which look at sales and ...

Property firms forecast no hard landing

The housing market might remain soft, but a hard landing is unlikely after the Ministry of the Interior on Tuesday promulgated complimentary measures to bans on transfers of presale housing purchase ...