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Philippines Preserves Local Village Heritage
25 October 2022The Philippines and a local village team up to protect the latter's heritage and culture.
WIPO official visits Vietnam, makes proposals to boost IP ecosystem
24 October 2022Proposals include putting focus on youth, SMEs, women and building of IP training facility
Indonesian students encouraged to study IP
20 October 2022The Minister has been proactively encouraging all sectors to study more of what IP can do to their work. In this case, to students.
Delhi High Court says Controller General’s inaction is ‘unpardonable’ in Bridgestone case
17 October 2022In a writ petition filed by Bridgestone against an order passed by the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, the Delhi High Court passed a notable judgment on October 12, 2022, observing that the inaction/negligence of the Registrar...
Brand owners should have mechanisms for monitoring IP infringing content
11 October 2022Trademark incident involving Amazon and popular Indian beverage underscores need to have such mechanisms
Cambodia seeks to protect and preserve cultural artifacts
10 October 2022Cambodia is cooperating with international partners to combat the illegal trafficking of cultural artifacts. This is part of protecting Southeast Asia's shared legacy.
Copyright violations make up bulk of complaints by Indian users received by Google in July 2022
06 October 2022IP lawyer suggests ways to fight online infringement amid increasing complaints
Degree of protection for short word marks is low
05 October 2022Drew & Napier’s Yvonne Tang discusses this key takeaway from a recent trademark case
Philippines drops 8 places in the Global Innovation Index
05 October 2022The Philippines drops 8 notches in the Global Innovation Index. What may be the cause of this and how will this affect IP moving forward?
Singapore is the 7th most innovative country in the world
03 October 2022The country continues to fare well in several indicators of the Global Innovation Index 2022
Qatar, Germany ink deal to develop trade for small, medium-sized businesses
29 September 2022Partnership aims to open Doha office for German business group.
Thailand announces new regulations for recording customs transactions and seizing counterfeit goods
27 September 2022Thailand has imposed new regulations for seizing counterfeit goods and the like. How will this impact entrepreneurs and goods exported and imported in and out of Thailand?
Philippines, South Korea partner in strengthening IP-based professions
23 September 2022In order to meet the rising demand for intellectual property (IP) professionals serving the innovation, creativity, and business markets in the Philippines, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is currently reviewing the recom...
IPOS inks four MoUs to boost global IP cooperation during IP Week @ SG 2022
23 September 2022The partnerships target talent development, stronger IP commercialization, provision of IP tools, others
WIPO-IPOS IP For Innovation Awards 2022
20 September 2022Winners were announced during the opening of IP Week @ SG 2022 on September 6, 2022