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IP Lawyers See Grim Year Ahead. Time to Shop Around?

Intellectual property lawyers in China are girding for a difficult year. That’s no big surprise, given the worldwide recession’s impact on China, where factories are closing, the middle class is finding itself unemployed and som...

Government Claims Progress in Fight Against Piracy

Enforcement of Copyrights in Hong Kong by Criminal Means

Hong Kong’s efforts to protect intellectual property rights have received wide commendation in the international community. In fact, the copyrights regime is one reason so many rights owners have established their operations in the ci...

Tips of the Trade for Enforcing IP Rights

When it comes to the cross-border nature of intellectual property rights enforcement, Matthew Laight, managing partner for China at Bird & Bird, summed it up perfectly when he told Asia IP the following:   “Mu...

Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in India

Enforcement of IP rights has been pursued as a priority in most developing economies, as in India. The internal factors that are required to encourage enforcement require not just enabling statutes and reform of administrative set-up but al...

IPR Enforcement Options in Malaysia

Most of the significant advances in Malaysia’s protection and enforcement of IP rights have occurred in recent years. Chew Phye Keat and Patrick Lim examine some of the initiatives recently undertaken by the authorities, the legal pro...

Graduating from China’s IP Classroom

Take the lessons learned on IP in China and use them around the world.   FACT – China is a challenging market for intellectual property management. RESULT – IP...

\'Israeli\' Oranges Causing Furor in Iran Came from China

Man Arrested After P2P Distribution

Lack of Online Privacy Hits Home for Justice Scalia

Pinsent Masons Has Promoted Kening Li To Partner

FTC Defers Identity Theft Rule Programme

Lawyers Laud Advances in IP Protection

When IP lawyers in Vietnam gather, it seems that conversation frequently turns to the ins and outs of upcoming amendments to the Law on Intellectual Property. But that’s not all that’s on the minds of IP lawyers: practitioners f...

Licensing: Clearing the Ground for Market Entry

As Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization, it has attracted many foreign traders to come and sell their products, either through a franchise/distribution channel, or through licensing to a local manufacturer. In both cases, the brand ow...

Fixing Problems in Your Supply Chain

For many brand owners, leaky supply chains can be a problem, especially in China. But how can you identify reliable Chinese business partners – and once you have, how do you ensure the integrity of your supply chain? Darren Barton rep...