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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

Should famous people register their names and images as trademarks?

diving deeper into the world of celebrity branding.

Innovation and IP is Key to Sustainability

South Korea's IP Experts

Taiwan's IP Experts

Intellectual property strategies for India

Having a strong intellectual property strategy is essential to long-term protection of your IP rights. Pravin Anand shares some of his firm’s most successful strategies.

Right to cross-examination of an expert witness: Absolute or discretionary?

Cross-examination is an excellent tool in the hands of expert lawyers, particularly in contested patent cases to find the veracity of the expert or demolish the correctness of the technical position taken by the experts. D.P.S. Parmar examines the us...

Sound as a trademark being proposed in Vietnam

Apple Loses its legal battle with Huawei over the 'MatePod' trademark

Trademark Infringement Rises In Nepal

CNIPA commissioner proposes ways to tackle post-pandemic IP protection challenges

Dr. Shen Changyu, commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) proposed three actions for IP offices to address IP protection challenges under the post-Covid 19 era: coordinate the top-level design of IP, constantly...

Voting now open for the 2021 Asia IP Awards

IP awareness initiatives in India

Indian businesses are slowly transforming from being simple trading enterprises to manufacturers, service providers and creators of intellectual property. Gradually, research and innovation are taking centre stage, especially for startups, to enable...

Date of design registration: Understanding versus reality

The Honorable High court of Karnataka was dealing with an appeal arising out of order dated March 6, 2020, passed by the city civil court in Bengaluru, in a civil suit bearing No. O.S. 235/2019. In 2019, Greenchef Appliances Limited instituted a suit...

Comparative advertising: Drawing the fine line between puffery and disparagement

Comparative advertisement refers to a marketing and promotional strategy whereby an entity’s products or services are presented as superior in comparison to a competitor’s by drawing the advantages of one’s products over the competitors’ products eit...