The US official said US businesses operating in China regularly complain about insufficient protections and enforcement over intellectual property

The employee, a Chinese national, stole details about chips and software that helps power a supercomputer "capable of executing at the cutting edge of machine learning and AI technology"

‘Five Eyes’ intelligence chiefs from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand say Beijing has built an unprecedented espionage programme

Among major backers of the chip designer is smartphone giant Xiaomi, which won approval last month from China's state planner to manufacture electric vehicles

Chinese courts have repeatedly issued “anti-suit injunctions” on behalf of groups like Huawei, Xiaomi, ZTE and Oppo to block non-China firms from enforcing IP rights in other jurisdictions

China remained at the top of the rankings with 69,540 filings, a mere 0.9% increase over 2020 following a 16% jump that year over 2019

Financial assistance for licensing should be reduced every year until cancelled by 2025, according to China's patent registration office

Intellectual Ventures alleges automakers infringed on more than 10 patents, including ones for short-distance communications