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Asia IP December 2024 January 2025 - Jan, 2025

OPINION
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15 things companies should start doing in 2025 to better leverage their IP for business growth
Intellectual property strategies are vital for business growth.

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Asia strengthens IP protections amidst growing technological innovation
Intellectual property protection in Asia is undergoing significant transformations.
How are IP laws adapting?

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Pikachu with guns? Nintendo fires back
A new game imagines Pokémon-like creatures thrust into a dystopian landscape where they build factories and wield firearms. Nintendo says it has infringed the patents behind Pokémon.

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Toasting the winners

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Seven key decisions of 2024 on computer-related inventions and their impact on high-tech innovations in India
A 2019 ruling held that certain CRIs can qualify for patents. The IPO did not fully follow that decision, and now, those refusals have been appealed.

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IP aspirations for new year
2025 presents a fresh opportunity to address emerging challenges.

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Protecting innovation in the real estate industry
With the integration of IP with real estate, how do IP owners adapt to emerging challenges like virtual property rights and augmented reality experiences and seize
opportunities?

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Vietnam’s IP court ready to take off
Faster proceedings, specialized judges and improved IP protection are expected at
Vietnam’s new IP court.

CORRESPONDENTS
Asean
• Singapore – Fonterra Brands v. Consozio
India
• A year of milestones: Key trademark decisions shaping India’s IP landscape in 2024.
• PhD theses liable to be disclosed under the Right to Information Act, 2005
Philippines
• Application of the dominancy test.
Russia
• Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
• Unregistered industrial designs as a subject of legal protection in the EU