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Drawing the line between descriptive and suggestive marks
Suggestive terms are registrable and entitled to protection, without proof of secondary meaning.
The legal problem of patenting CRIs: Conundrum between technical effect and technical contribution
Computer-related inventions are creating a surge of patent applications in India. Patenting CRIs rem...
Thailand’s evolving website blocking for IP protection
Thailand strengthens IP enforcement with digital, dynamic and AI-driven website-blocking measures.
Recent official rejections due to ‘deceptiveness’: Criteria and solution
CNIPA often applies stricter criteria during the substantive examination of trademark registrability...
AI increasingly critical in patent search, data analytics
Patent search is faster, more accurate, data analytics more efficient despite vast amounts of data
Maximizing the effectiveness of the fair use defense in trademark infringement litigation
As the fair use defense increases in Chinese trademark litigation, observers are also seeing more po...
Indian music composer cries foul over unauthorized use of song for upcoming flick Coolie
A discussion of India’s Copyright Act and why the composer is doing the right thing
Vietnam’s first criminal sentence for online copyright infringement
Sentence is a symbolic landmark in IP rights enforcement in Vietnam, says IP lawyer.