Intellectual property and patent protection has become increasingly critical to companies doing business in China, where IP theft is a big problem. On May 25 of this year, Toray Industries Inc. (Tokyo) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Ningbo Solatron Technology Co. Ltd. in Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court. Toray is claiming infringement of its Chinese...Continue Reading

Brazil-based Braskem (São Paulo), said to be the Americas’ largest thermoplastic resin producer, has finalized a deal with NASA supplier Made In Space Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) to develop the first recycling technology to be used on space missions in zero gravity. Image of the International Space Station courtesy NASA. The agreement, which was finalized in...Continue Reading