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China flags security risks in foreign-invested patent database players

By MLex Staff ( June 6, 2025, 07:28 GMT | Insight) -- China's antitrust regulator has identified risks in the country's patent database sector, warning that rising foreign investment in crucial intellectual property infrastructure threatens the country's technological security and development. In its 2024 Antimonopoly Enforcement Annual Report released today, China's State Administration for Market Regulation highlighted concerns about market concentration and foreign capital in patent database services, which compile and organize global patent information essential for research and development activities.China's antitrust regulator has identified risks in the country's patent database sector, warning that rising foreign investment in crucial intellectual property infrastructure threatens the country's technological security and development....

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