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TRIPS and international pressure on high-income countries to accept TRIPS waiver

In 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

New 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

Kangaroos, 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

Atta-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

With 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

The 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.

Biplab Lenin promoted to partner at Cyril Amarchand

Biplab Lenin promoted to partner at Cyril Amarchand

2022 IP Profiles Survey

In September, Asia IP will publish the 2022 edition of Asia IP Profiles. This guide is the definitive resource for companies trying to identify the best IP practices in the region, and is based on editorial research, and surveys submitted by leading...

Chatbots: A way to immortalize the dead?

When Microsoft secured a patent for conversational chatbots to mine data from a person’s social media history, observers wondered how it might affect the person’s intellectual property rights

Brain interfacing, copyright and the patent system

Brain interfacing has been gaining traction since Elon Musk’s investment in Neuralink. Lawyers discuss how future brain-computer collaborations might affect copyright and patent laws.

The Winners of the Asia IP 2021 Awards

You have spoken. The verdict is in. And the winners are...

India’s IP Experts

We reveal India's leading IP Experts

Asia IP’s editorial team reveals India’s top IP firms, practices

And the winners of the 2021 Asia IP India Awards are...

IPOPHL collaborates with the Pharmaceutical Security Institute to combat the rise of counterfeit pha...

Taiwan's IP Experts