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New Zealand businesses examining intellectual property assets, rights
12 October 2020Companies turn to IP to help beat the business challenges of Covid 19.
Saigon Beer passed off in Vietnam
12 October 2020The copycat claims not knowing anything about the infringement but a local trademark expert is not convinced at all!
At long last, Myanmar launches new trademark law
09 October 2020After more than 25 years, Myanmar has finally come out with its new Trademark Law beginning with its soft opening on October 1, 2020.
Processing Third-Party Observations in Taiwan
09 October 2020TIPO promulgated an Operational direction for processing Third-Party Observation (Submission)
Facebook launches the Rights Manager for content creators
07 October 2020The Rights Manager is a content matching tool that lets contents creators curb copyright infringement.
INTA 2020 Annual Meeting to hold Women’s LeadershIP Initiative Workshop
06 October 2020The workshop is part of a program aimed at including more women in trademark and allowing them to assume positions they deserve in their workplaces.
Patents in Space
06 October 2020The conflict between IP Rights and Space Law.
Spreading IP Education to School Systems
05 October 2020The IPOPHL achieves a big step towards mainstreaming Intellectual Property in high school.
Beyonce-titled song in India sang tunes of trademark infringement
05 October 2020International pop singer Beyonce Knowles had trademarked her name in India. The title has been changed twice.
Fighting over Elvis
30 September 2020Can you own a celebrity’s name to trademark your product?
Kanye West’s brazen act of trade secret theft, or is it?
30 September 2020Kanye West is facing a lawsuit from a firm that created a video platform for his e-commerce site.
Australia explores possible new GI right under Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement
30 September 2020Protecting certain EU GI rights in Australia may be more complicated for the food and beverage industry than it seems.
The Hungry Beef
29 September 2020What makes a food dish original and unique?
South Korea records second-largest increase in international patent applications
28 September 2020Covid-19 seems to have little impact on hindering local companies to expand foreign operations.
Mitsubishi Electric wins trademark infringement lawsuit in China
28 September 2020The company is up against factory-automation product counterfeiters.