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IP Amendment Bill announced at Singapore Parliament

Minister 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

The 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

On 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

Intellectual 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

Just 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.

Patent landscaping may not be useful in assessing patentability, says IP lawyer

IPOS rejects tech company’s application to register mark after Louis Vuitton opposition

NanoMalaysia and MyIPO Ink Partnership On Technology Program

NanoMalaysia Berhad (NMB) and the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation (MyIPO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) initiative.

Hong Kong startups featured in Business of IP Asia Forum

THE NEW IP TRENDS IN CULTURAL AND THE ARTS

India’s recent geographical indications

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) defines a geographical indication as “a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. In order to function as a GI...

Patenting known substances: The problem with polymorphs

In nature, every molecule rearranges itself into different crystalline forms or shapes. Unsurprisingly, the ability of a molecule to mimic without losing its basic properties took the interest of such molecules into the helms of industrial and pharma...

Is Section 3(d) of India’s Patents Act a workable provision? The long-term effect.

On April 1, 2013, the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark decision in the Novartis Glivec case on the interpretation of Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act.

Computational data analysis exception in Singapore’s Copyright Act 2021 a game changer

The life of the IP lawyer in the ‘new normal’

countries around the region are figuring out how to handle the coronavirus long-term, as many are beginning to open up again