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For startups and SMEs: The way to a cost-effective patent strategy

Having limited financial means shouldn’t stop startups and small enterprises from crafting their own patent strategies. — Espie Angelica A. de Leon

BIP Asia Forum 2024 focuses on innovation and IP financing

It highlighted the critical role of IP in shaping the future of business and society and the need for continued growth and innovation in the region.

Hong Kong to host BIP Asia Forum 2024

It aims to explore the latest developments in the IP world and foster business collaboration opportunities.

2024 Asia IP Awards winners crowned in Manila

2024 India’s Top IP Firms and Practices Revealed

Asia IP’s editorial team reveals India’s top IP firms, practices.

AIPPI 2024: World Congress kicks off in Hangzhou

IP Week @ SG: Asia at the centre of fast-changing global IP landscape

ASEAN helping to power this transformation.

Building brand identity with trademarks and industrial designs

Whether minimalist or retro, modern or casual, design is not just about aesthetics; it is a fundamental component of a brand’s identity. From logo to colour scheme, typography to website layout, every stylistic element plays a crucial role in conveyi...

Uzbekistan joins Hague Agreement on Industrial Designs

This move facilitates the registration of industrial designs and makes them more accessible to enterprises looking to grow internationally.

Saudi Arabia puts into force extension of protection for industrial designs

Notably, the protection validity of designs were extended from 10 to 15 years.

An inside look at interior design and IP

As interior designers freely share their work online, there’s always a risk of others copying them, sometimes at the request of a client.

IP Vietnam registered industrial designs now part of DESIGNview

The global search tool adds over 52,000 industrial designs from IP Vietnam into its roster.

Myanmar now accepts industrial designs registrations

This was announced on January 31, 2024, following the enforcement of the Industrial Design Law on October 31, 2023.

Laos’ IP Experts 2023

The government of Laos convened its first Ministerial Conference on Blockchain 4.0 Digital Transformation in Vientiane in May 2023, its first step in advancing the country’s digital transformation through digital technology.

Cambodia’s IP Experts 2023

Government officials in Cambodia have been working hard to improve the country’s intellectual property regime.