Japan to pay companies to keep sensitive patents secret- Nikkei
(Reuters) – Japan will compensate companies to keep secret patents with potential military functions beneath proposed legal guidelines, the Nikkei reported on Sunday, with out citing sources.
The patents beneath analysis of the proposed monetary security legal guidelines will embody know-how which will help develop nuclear weapons, equal to uranium enrichment and cutting-edge enhancements like quantum know-how, the Nikkei report said.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida closing month pledged that he’ll put monetary security of the nation amongst his protection priorities.
The Japanese authorities will give compensation of roughly 20 years of licensing income to the companies falling beneath the legal guidelines, the report added.
The framework of the legal guidelines shall be launched as rapidly as subsequent month, the report said, with cabinet approval scheduled for February 2022 and …