The Supreme Court ruled on March 3 that even if a company has servers abroad, it can still be held liable for services violating patents concerning online video distribution that were obtained in Japan. Presiding Judge Koichi Kusano of the court’s Second Petty Bench issued its first-ever ruling on the matter, saying, “If an infringing activity is
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that North Korean hackers were behind what US media are calling the biggest crypto theft on record. The FBI made the announcement on Wednesday. Last Friday, the Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said that it had digital assets worth about 1.5 billion dollars stolen in a cyberattack. The
Image: Nintendo Life As Nintendo gears up for its big Switch 2 Direct broadcast in April, it’s still got plenty of other things as well as its day-to-day operations going on behind the scenes. With this in mind, some trademark renewals have surfaced in Japan including the famous ‘Seal of Quality‘. The trademarks for these
Singapore Marina bay area. getty The real estate markets of Australia, Japan, Korea and Singapore will remain hot spots in the next few years as global investors seek to diversify their portfolios with demand for real estate in China and Europe continues to be soft, according to Christian Ulbrich, global CEO and president of property
Olympic women’s javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi hopes that the gold medal she won in Paris will make fellow Japanese athletes think they can compete with the world’s best in any event. The 26-year-old became the first Japanese woman to claim Olympic gold in athletics in an event other than the marathon. Naoko Takahashi and Mizuki
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks climbed, with equity benchmarks in Japan rising after a holiday as a weaker yen is seen providing support for exporters. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares also advanced in South Korea. MSCI’s Asia-Pacific stock index traded at its highest level since Aug. 5, after its recovered from last week’s rout. The S&P
Barely one year after Osaka Digital Exchange (ODX) rolled out a digital securities platform for trading security tokens, several reports have emerged that the exchange is set to begin listing digital bonds. The SBI-backed digital exchange confirmed that ODX’s START platform will host digital bonds that meet the listing criteria. Since START’s launch in late
China has emerged as the world’s top producer of generative AI patents, but it is struggling to turn many of its ideas into action thanks to US export controls and longstanding struggles with its innovation culture at home. In July, the UN’s intellectual property agency reported that China had filed more than 38,000 generative AI
(Bloomberg) — Asian equities were set to drop Thursday after a weak Treasury auction dealt a fresh blow to sentiment on Wall Street. Most Read from Bloomberg Futures contracts for Japan, Australia and Hong Kong fell, while a gauge of US-listed Chinese shares slipped 1.5%. Both the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 declined,