Sector

Rules Changes Brings Better Protection for Non-traditional Marks

PhoneDog Files Suit Over Twitter Account

IP Filings Rebound in 2010

Upton, Tyacke Join DLA Piper in Sydney

DLA Piper Named William Marshall As Of Counsel In Hong Kong

Pericles Casuela Joined IP-focused Manila law firm Betita Sarmiento

Big Brother is Watching

A recent decision in the Supreme Court of the Philippines affirmed that a search of employee workstations by a government agency did not violate the country’s Constitution. Paul Abbott P Enriquez explains what the decision means for b...

Social Concerns?

The proliferation of the use of technology and social media in the workplace raises concerns for employers, including the impact that the use of technology and the access to social media has on productivity as well as the potential that neg...

Promoting Fair Trade

A new Washington state law aims to punish manufacturers who use stolen information technology if their products are sold in the state. Ang Kai Hsiang explains how to avoid liability.

Court Removes Trump Card for Infringers

The Malaysian Federal Court has ruled that the baker of a popular cream-filled snack cannot be considered a “person aggrieved” when it was held to be an infringer of the same trademark it wished to cancel. Yvonne Ong and Marie S...

Changing the World

With the LESI conference coming to Auckland, Simon Rowell is busy preparing to welcome licensing executives from around the world to New Zealand. Gregory Glass reports.

New Patents Order in Brunei Darussalam

A new Patents Order, 2011 has come into force in Brunei Darussalam, effective January 1, 2012. This legislation repeals the previous patent legislation, i.e. The Inventions Act, Chapter 72.

Examination and Approval Procedures in Chinese-foreign Cooperative Filming

A Step Ahead in the Protection of SICLD

Computer Software-implemented Inventions