Asia IP

When a creation is born, its owner can apply for a patent, but what happens before the birth? Do&nbs...

While Japanese patent protection is solid, companies still need to consider global protection for gr...

It has been a year since China established its three national IP courts. In September, the Supreme C...

Following more than a decade of negotiations, the final text of the China-Australia Free Trade Agree...

As the number of patents granted globally continues to increase so, too, do the arguments for change...

When a patent owner desires to abandon a patent, usually they simply do so by non-action, i.e. by st...

Arguably, the anime and manga industry is itself borne of copyright infringement: fans mash-up anime...