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News Analysis
INTA 2020 Annual Meeting to hold Women’s LeadershIP Initiative Workshop
06 October 2020The workshop is part of a program aimed at including more women in trademark and allowing them to assume positions they deserve in their workplaces.
Patents in Space
06 October 2020The conflict between IP Rights and Space Law.
Spreading IP Education to School Systems
05 October 2020The IPOPHL achieves a big step towards mainstreaming Intellectual Property in high school.
Beyonce-titled song in India sang tunes of trademark infringement
05 October 2020International pop singer Beyonce Knowles had trademarked her name in India. The title has been changed twice.
Fighting over Elvis
30 September 2020Can you own a celebrity’s name to trademark your product?
Kanye West’s brazen act of trade secret theft, or is it?
30 September 2020Kanye West is facing a lawsuit from a firm that created a video platform for his e-commerce site.
Australia explores possible new GI right under Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement
30 September 2020Protecting certain EU GI rights in Australia may be more complicated for the food and beverage industry than it seems.
The Hungry Beef
29 September 2020What makes a food dish original and unique?
South Korea records second-largest increase in international patent applications
28 September 2020Covid-19 seems to have little impact on hindering local companies to expand foreign operations.
Mitsubishi Electric wins trademark infringement lawsuit in China
28 September 2020The company is up against factory-automation product counterfeiters.
The Case of the Mistaken Footware
24 September 2020Nike and Puma butt heads in latest trademark dispute.
Battle of the burgers: trademark issues between Big Mac and Big Jack
23 September 2020McDonald’s alleges Hungry Jack’s Big Jack is a deliberate imitation of Big Mac and cries trademark infringement.
Practitioner discovers IP India's online system will correct trademark errors
22 September 2020IP India hopes that this new system results in a smoother resolution of trademark errors.
Jumping Into The PPH
21 September 2020Will we see more of this in the Philippines, especially during this time of pandemic?
Vietnam’s tech giant sues TikTok for stealing songs
21 September 2020The Chinese tech giant is caught in another controversy after India and the United States.