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AIPPI 2025: Protecting creativity in the US$200 billion global gaming arena

As games boom, creators face cloning and the need for stronger IP safeguards.

Shortlist Revealed for the 2025 Asia IP Awards

What happens when AI wins a copyright dispute?

Courts are increasingly testing how copyright applies to artificial intelligence. — Excel V. Dyquiangco

Hong Kong’s luxury for less

Hong Kong’s parallel import market can be fraught with risk. – Cathy Li

IP Week @ SG: Experts debate AI authorship, copyright and creative ownership

AI challenges creativity and ownership, experts say at IP Week @ SG 2025.

South Korean court dismisses U.S. composer’s “Baby Shark” copyright claim

The six-year copyright clash over a viral South Korean children’s song reaches its final note.

Bombay High Court rejects copyright claim in case involving gender disguise in movie plot

No copyright infringement for generic plot points if treatment, setting and characters are different.

GI filings in India jump by 380 percent over five-year period

Total IP filings increased by 44 percent, with GI filings posting biggest increase.

Natalie Zwar promoted to special counsel at Gilbert + Tobin

Zwar, an IP litigator, has particular interest in protecting music and film.

Two sculptures and a copyright tussle

British sculptor accuses New Zealand artist of copying his sculpture of two hands clasped together.

Vietnam gov’t issues decree delegating, decentralizing IP tasks to provincial-level agencies

Issuance of protection titles and recording of information changes are among the tasks to be decentralized.

Agreement on copyright enforcement, royalty sharing inked by CMOs from India, Nepal

Cross-border royalty collection and distribution made more efficient.

India has to streamline contractual relationship between AI companies, digital content creators – IP...

Lawyer reacts to news publishers group’s statement on AI training and copyright infringement.

Own a slice of a penthouse for US$540: Inside Dubai’s tokenized property boom

Tokenization is transforming how assets are owned and exchanged in the UAE.

The copyright debate: Infringement or product of inspiration?

How can copyright infringement be distinguished from inspiration? — Espie Angelica A. de Leon