China's new Judicial Interpretation on Plant Varieties harmonized IP protection for plant varieties with other reforms in IP laws in China. It also reflects China's increasing efforts to accelerate agricultural reforms including strengthening legal protection for germplasm resources.

  AREA: How long have you been involved in standardization activities? Perey: My role in standardization activities began in 1994 when I joined the ITU-T committee standardizing video conferencing. Seeing needs for interoperability in AR as early as 2010, I formed and led a grassroots community advocating for development of standards for AR. I have...

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This decade has birthed various trends and some of these trends transformed into a movement without people’s support. Sustainability started as a trend too,...

Graphenel JSC, based in Ho Chi Minh City, is a technology company with a novel approach to graphene production. Jane Phung, the company’s international business development manager, discusses the role IP plays in supporting Graphenel’s ambition to become a leading supplier of graphene-based materials.

Digital transformation used to be considered an optional change that your company would hopefully get to in the coming years in order to increase efficiency and deliver fresh growth.

One of the lasting changes from COVID-19 is that digital transformation went from an optional—if you’re lucky—goal for companies to one that was a must for survival.

For example, per a study by Gartner, COVID-19 moved digital collaboration tools from the ‘nice-to-have' column to the ‘must-have’ column as seen by the projected 14% increased revenue in these areas by 2022. This trend can be found again and again for digital tools—it’s not exclusive to collaboration and communication.

In fact, 97% of IT directors in a worldwide survey reported that their firms digitally transformed because of COVID-19, and of those respondents, three out of five said they saw a “large amount of change.”

It’s clear that digital transformation is a popular trend today. So what do people mean when they talk about it? What is digital transformation?

Digital transformation is, essentially, the act of leveraging digital technologies such as the cloud, data, analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning to digitize how your organization does things—as well as the customer experience. It is a journey that begins with a cultural and organizational shift that will put the end-user experience as the priority.

For finance departments, it’s key that digital transformation includes adding accounts payable (AP) automation to your suite of solutions. Keep reading to discover why, as well as:

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Develop Donor RelationshipsEffective fundraising is a process, and the majority of it isn’t asking. Rather, it’s educating others on your cause and developing...

Open source code banking software adoption is a crucial part of the current fintech movement. According to a 2018 Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) white paper, banks should use open source “more strategically, efficiently, and extensively” to remain competitive. The aim of open source fintech solutions is to provide banks and customers with the core […]

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Apa itu Saham adalah – Saat ini, tidak sedikit yang ingin mendapatkan jaminan hidup di masa depan dengan kehidupan yang berkecukupan, terlebih di era digital seperti sekarang. Untuk mendapatkan ketercukupan hidup di masa yang akan datang, tentu diperlukan persiapan matang sejak awal, seperti menyisihkan sebagian uang dari gaji yang diterima untuk ditabung, baik tabungan pribadi […]

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Pilot mental health, aerial tanker competition, Rolls-Royce electric airplane, X-Wing at the Smithsonian, 737 MAX criminal charge, Cranky Dorkfest, emergency landings, gifts for flight attendants, checked baggage.

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Jean-Marie Santander is used to making history. Within just 27 months, he took his company THEOLIA from the Marché Libre to the SBF 120 following a very successful equity offering, the speed of which has not been recreated in France since then. But Jean-Marie Santander wasn’t done and has now come out with a new...

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One drawback of private companies is they’re not liquid, meaning you can’t sell your shares easily. That’s why lots of people are spending lots of time and money creating secondary markets for private companies. These secondary markets typically take the form of an “alternative trading system,” or ATS, owned and operated by a broker-dealer. More …

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