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Improving Taiwan’s patent search application environment and local patent portfolios
11 July 2022The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office has completed two significant projects which will improve the patent search environment there, as well as improve local patent portfolios and abilities. Russell Horng explains.
Vietnam’s Amended Intellectual Property Law ratified
07 July 2022On June 16, 2022, the National Assembly of Vietnam ratified the amended Intellectual Property Law which puts the country on equal footing with the US, UK and other countries as far as legal frameworks for IP protection and enforcement go.
IP filing in multiple jurisdictions: How to navigate contrasting laws
05 July 2022Differences in legislation concerning intellectual property rights, how they are recognized and how they are enforced among jurisdictions create challenges for IP rights applicants. Lawyers share their best tips with Asia IP.
Thailand IP Experts 2022
05 July 2022Thailand has made significant progress in strengthening the protection of intellectual property in the country, the government has told the United States. The conversation, held on the sidelines during bilateral talks during this year’s APEC Minister...
Indonesia IP Experts 2022
04 July 2022Nearly 90 percent of businesses in Indonesia’s creative economy lack intellectual property protection, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said on World Intellectual Property Day in April. “In fact, collaboration, synergy schemes, as well as alignment of...
TRIPS and international pressure on high-income countries to accept TRIPS waiver
30 April 2022In the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there is an ever-growing urgent need to supply vaccines, new medicines and testing kits, protective clothing etc. With almost 5.9 million lives lost to the Covid-19 pandemic in the last two years (as per...
New Zealand IP Experts 2022
30 April 2022New Zealand has been in the headlines of IP-focused publications and the mainstream media this year, particularly since the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) ruled recently that artificial intelligence cannot be an inventor.
IP Experts 2022 Australia
30 April 2022Kangaroos, koalas, the Outback and Bondi Beach dominate the thoughts of those of us not fortunate enough to live down under. (As do, to be fair, the thoughts of deadly creatures like insects and spiders who will happily kill you just for looking at t...
Pakistan IP Experts 2022
30 April 2022Atta-ur-Rahman, former chairman of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission and president of the Network of Academies of Science of OIC Countries, writing in Pakistan’s The International News, acknowledged recently that Pakistan is challenged by its te...
Hong Kong IP Experts 2022
30 April 2022With China’s forthcoming Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area well on its way to fruition, Hong Kong-based lawyers will continue to play a key role in the development of intellectual property in the region.
Patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines finally approved
30 June 2022The World Trade Organization (WTO) has finally approved the patent waiver that will tear down barriers mounted by intellectual property restrictions to greater production of Covid-19 vaccines and their equitable distribution among nations.
Global document solutions provider taps Anaqua platform for patent portfolio
29 June 2022Osaka-based global document solutions provider Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. has selected Anaqua’s AQX Corporate platform for integrated management of its extensive patent portfolio.
WHEN IP GOES TO WAR
30 April 2022The Russia-Ukraine war has impacted many parts of the global economy, from rising fuel prices to looming food shortages. Excel V. Dyquiangco examines the story that the mainstream media misses: the coming battle over intellectual property.
Mohini V. joins Remfry & Sagar’s equity partnership
19 May 2022Gurugram firm also promotes seven others in 2022 partnership round.
Nuttaphol Arammuang named head of Rajah & Tann’s new Thai IP practice
19 May 2022Nuttaphol brings 20 years’ experience to R&T Asia.