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Malaysia’s IP Experts 2024

Malaysia’s IP Experts 2024

30 August 2024

Malaysia joined with fellow ASEAN members states to showcase their intellectual property products for the first time at the 65th World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly in Geneva in July 2024.

Turkey’s IP Experts 2024

Turkey’s IP Experts 2024

31 July 2024

In July 2024, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unveiled a US$30 billion package filled with incentives designed to boost investment in advanced technology sectors. With the incentives, Erdogan pledged to bring Turkey to the global stage by a...

China Strategies Guide 2024

China Strategies Guide 2024

31 August 2024

Navigating China's IP landscape requires strategic foresight and expert guidance. Whether you're interested in patent prosecution deferment, trademark infringement defenses, or AI clauses in publishing, Asia IP's China Strategies Guide 2024 offers au...

Newest chain of convenience stores in copyright complaint, IPOPHL responds

Newest chain of convenience stores in copyright complaint, IPOPHL responds

24 September 2024

Several of its goods have packaging that is purportedly identical to Nutri Asia’s UFC and Datu Puti range. 

Turkish Olympian seeks to trademark iconic pose

Turkish Olympian seeks to trademark iconic pose

19 September 2024

Turkish Olympic shooter Yusuf Dikec soon found his iconic stance appearing on products like t-shirts and mugs.

Malaysia joins WIPO Alert

Malaysia joins WIPO Alert

16 September 2024

WIPO Alert is an online tool that lets law enforcement organizations post and retrieve lists of websites found to be violating copyright.

iQIYI faces backlash over World Cup broadcast issues as CCTV skips matches

iQIYI faces backlash over World Cup broadcast issues as CCTV skips matches

13 September 2024

Due to high copyright fees, CCTV did not broadcast the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, leaving iQIYI Sports as the only legal streaming option.

Plagiarism? An IP lawyer weighs in on “Isang Kaibigan”

Plagiarism? An IP lawyer weighs in on “Isang Kaibigan”

09 September 2024

“The real question is whether Isang Kaibigan replicates Owly’s distinctive elements,” says IP lawyer.

Webtoon DMCA subpoena targets over 170 pirate websites

Webtoon DMCA subpoena targets over 170 pirate websites

29 August 2024

Webtoon says ‘operations, financial position, reputation and prospects’ may suffer.

Voice ownership: When your voice becomes a digital doppelgänger

Voice ownership: When your voice becomes a digital doppelgänger

27 August 2024

As AI continues its march forward, actors are increasingly finding themselves on the outside of the voice over business. Cathy Li examines who owns an actor’s voice when AI and voice cloning tools can sound like just about anyone.

Couples in (and out of) love: Intellectual property issues in a relationship

Couples in (and out of) love: Intellectual property issues in a relationship

01 August 2024

Are IPs created during a relationship considered shared property, or are they retained solely by the creator?

Japan’s news association calls for legal reforms against AI ‘free-riding’ on copyrighted content

Japan’s news association calls for legal reforms against AI ‘free-riding’ on copyrighted content

01 August 2024

AI-powered search engines are using news articles without permission, potentially infringing on copyrights and harming the creator’s financial returns.

Spotlight on fair dealing: Pakistani content creator’s YouTube video taken down and then restored

Spotlight on fair dealing: Pakistani content creator’s YouTube video taken down and then restored

01 August 2024

No clear answers as to what usage would be protected under “fair dealing,” says lawyer.

ByteDance web novel platform’s AI clause sparks author outrage

ByteDance web novel platform’s AI clause sparks author outrage

26 July 2024

The clause requires authors to agree to allow their works to be used by the platform’s AI for content development.

The Philippines’ IP Experts 2024

The Philippines’ IP Experts 2024

01 July 2024

Intellectual property filings in the Philippines continued to rise, up 2.5 percent in 2023, an increase which the Intellectual Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has attributed to increased awareness of the importance of IP.