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PH had 2nd biggest share of female applicants for international patents among 74 countries in 2021

What qualities do women have that make them valuable inventors and patent right owners?

Platform shuts down after musicians call out site for selling NFTs of their artworks without consent

“We started the conversation and we’re listening.” These words have been greeting visitors to the non-fungible token (NFT) platform HitPiece after Auckland bass player and music producer Jacob Park discovered an album artwork featuring his face b...

China joins Hague System to make international design protection easier

China officially submitted the accession documents to join the Hague System, as well as to join the Marrakesh Treaty, to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) when director general Daren Tang visited the country to attend the opening of...

China Bans Copyright Deals

Digital music platforms are not permitted to establish exclusive copyright agreements unless there are specific conditions, according to China's copyright administration, which is cracking down on monopolistic activity in the country's private sector

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

And the winners of the 2021 Asia IP India Awards are...

Google officials including CEO, employees face raps for copyright infringement in India

Police in Mumbai, India filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Google, its CEO Sundar Pichai and other officials and employees on January 25, 2022 for showing a movie on YouTube without permission, thus infringing the rights of its copyright...

IPOPHL and Japanese Organization Team Up To Fight Piracy

With the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), a Japanese organization tasked with combating content piracy and promoting international content distribution, the Intellectual...

Indonesian youth who earned huge sums from his selfies turned NFTs: what are his IP rights?

A computer science student from Semarang, Indonesia became wealthier by more than US$1 million in January after taking a selfie almost everyday for the past five years, converting them into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and selling them in OpenSea.

Copyright transfer hoists Australian Aboriginal Flag proud and free, with no strings attached

The Australian Aboriginal Flag, one of Australia’s official flags, may now be used by all Australians on websites, artworks, clothing items including sports uniforms and sporting venues, digitally or otherwise, for free and without seeking permission...

Muted Vietnamese national anthem in football match raises copyright issues

A December 2021 football game pitting Vietnam against Laos got the Vietnamese people talking. YouTube channel Next Sports was airing the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup match live on December 6 when, during the flag-raising segment, Vietnam’s national anthem...

Copyright awareness on 1st Philippine Copyright Summit

The first-ever Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS), hosted by the Intellectual Propoerty Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has attracted over 2.5 million visitors and helped promote copyright as a tool to aid the creative economy's reco...

Vietnam now a member of WIPO’s Copyright Treaty

Holography a key weapon in the battle to protect IP

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The rise of IP rights and data privacy in a pandemic

speaking with two Baker McKenzie lawyers about the intersection of the pandemic, IP and data privacy.