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IPOPHL Launches Patent eCertificates
10 March 2022The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines is now issuing electronic Certificates for Patents (Patent eCert), the latest digitalization milestone that brings the agency's objective of providing an end-to-end online service for patent applica...
Post-grant amendments: Flexibility or certainty?
30 November 2021Amendment of patent claims is one of the most critical and strategic decisions that needs to be made during the lifetime of a patent. Both pre- and post-grant amendments can be of strategic importance in determining the economic value of the patent....
Asia IP’s editorial team reveals India’s top IP firms, practices
30 November 2021And the winners of the 2021 Asia IP India Awards are...
India’s number of patents granted almost triple in 5 yrs, moves up in GII rankings
15 February 2022India recorded an almost threefold increase in the number of patents granted in the last five years. The number of patents filed in the country in the same period also increased by 30 percent.
IP trends for 2022
30 November 2021Speaking with leading lawyers from around the region to find out what they think is in store for 2022.
The unusual suspect
30 November 2021team of experts reveals everything you need to know about the alternative IP – trade secrets – from hurdling the pitfalls of protection to doing the right thing in litigation.
The good patent: How to get the best value from your patents
30 November 2021Chatting with lawyers around the region about what makes a patent a good patent.
Hong Kong Must Strengthen Its IP Protections
11 February 2022A senior researcher has suggested that if Hong Kong wants to become the region's innovation and technology centre, it has to enhance intellectual property (IP) protections for new breakthroughs, stressing that scientific infrastructure alone will not...
Report Says That China Has Around 700,000 Patent Inventions In 2021
18 January 2022The China National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) said at a recent conference that 696,000 inventive patents were approved in 2021.Shen Changyu, the NIPA's director, presented the conference with a work report outlining recent developmen...
IP Amendment Bill announced at Singapore Parliament
14 January 2022Minister Edwin Tong SC, Singapore’s Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Second Minister for Law announced the Intellectual Property Amendment Bill (IPAB) at the Singapore Parliament on January 12, stressing that economic growth is increasingly...
IPOPHL Jumps To 9th Place In World Ranking
12 January 2022The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has jumped from 24th to 9th place in the World Trademark Review's (WTR) 2021 IP Office Innovation Ranking, making it the only developing nation with an IP office in the top ten out of 60 of...
China Releases 2021-2022 Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country
05 January 2022On January 4, 2022, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the 2021-2022 Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country and the Annual Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan w...
US Ambassador to Pakistan vows to strengthen IP protection, digital economy
04 January 2022Intellectual property protection and digital economy regulations are two areas which United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Armin Blome vowed to work on going forward as he proceeds to enhance US - Pakistan ties. He said the two countries ai...
WTO discussions on TRIPS waiver of patent rights stalled
29 December 2021Just when things were beginning to turn rosy, developments involving the proposed TRIPS waiver of patent rights for Covid-19 drugs, vaccines and devices have once again taken a downturn.
