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Japanese and Chinese patent authorities are proposing patents for office-subsidised IP infringement insurance. China’s SIPO will offer protection to Chinese companies expanding abroad, whilst Japan ’s JPO will aid local Japanese SMEs in China. The US is also looking at a similar scheme. SIPO is launching a liability insurance product, with accompanying training for stakeholders to administer the programme. Japan already launched its own scheme in July of this year, calling it the first insurance scheme to cover overseas intellectual property litigation costs.