Magazine
Volume 17 Issue 7 - Aug, 2025
3 | OPINION
Focusing on China
11 | CHINA STRATEGIES GUIDE 2025
Regulations on keyword setting for commercial identifiers
The 2025 revision of China’s Anti-Unfair
Competition Law clarifies the regulation of keyword setting behaviour.—EXIA ZHENG AND JIE HE
15 | CHINA STRATEGIES GUIDE 2025
Chinese utility model patents: An underestimated protection weapon for IP
The utility model is increasingly used to protect “small inventions” in China.—YINGYING SHEN
20 | CHINA STRATEGIES GUIDE 2025
Claiming lost profits in China when a franchise agreement goes bad
Franchising has grown significantly in China. So have disputes, when business relationships sour.—TIM MENG
24 | CHINA STRATEGIES GUIDE 2025
The application of the principle of good faith as a ground for rejection or invalidation
Delineating the boundaries for applying the principle of good faith to patent rights. —PENG YE
28 | FEATURES
IP Experts 2025: Nepal
32 | FEATURES
IP Experts 2025: Sri Lanka
35 | FEATURES
The tariff wars
U.S. tariffs are changing global trade dynamics and IP priorities, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.—EXCEL V. DYQUIANGCO
42 | FEATURES
IP Experts 2025: Brunei
46 | FEATURES
IP Experts 2025: Vietnam
50 | FEATURES
Navigating changes in Malaysian music
How new copyright rules are reshaping artists’ rights, royalties and industry control.—EXCEL V. DYQUIANGCO
54 | FEATURES
IP Experts 2025: Malaysia
59| CORRESPONDENTS
Asean
• The impact of the 2024 Nobel Prize
laureate(s) in Physiology or Medicine on patent applications in Singapore and the Philippines.
India
• Computer-related inventions are creating a surge of patent applications in India.
Patenting CRIs remains challenging.
Indonesia
• Avoiding mistakes in your application can help you gain registration.
Philippines
• Suggestive terms are registrable and entitled to protection, without proof of secondary meaning.
Russia
• Why would a company wishing to sell goods in Russia neglect registration of its trademark?