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IP rights waiver on Covid-19 products: compromise reached
06 April 2022Talks about waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19-related products are seeing positive developments with India, South Africa, the United States and European Union reaching a compromise in March after 18 months of stalled negotiations.

Philippines Launches Incentive Protection Program
31 March 2022The Philippines has launched the Juana Patent and Juana Design Incentive Protection Programs (JPIP) as part of its Women's Month celebrations. The JPIP aims to increase the participation of female inventors and designers in the country's innovation...

Domain names qualifying as IP rights like trademarks?
28 February 2022“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This Shakespeare line in Romeo & Juliet is good so long as it means name is nothing but a name. However, in the corporate world, acquired and fancy names play a n...