The clampdown on patents could alter the balance of power in the global mobile-phone industry, which generated $412 billion last year, according to IDC.
These new rules could weaken the ability of Apple, Microsoft and Qualcomm to compete in China, the world’s largest mobile-phone market, among other countries.
Asian governments, including those of South Korea and China, have been looking more closely at their patent policies, emboldened by debates in Washington over whether patents hinder rather than spur innovation.
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