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Patents
Taiwan’s IP Experts
31 July 2022Taiwan boasts a strong legal market, thanks in part to its leading role in semiconductor and other high-tech manufacturing.
Consumers warned of fake Lego products in the Philippines
13 September 2022The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is advising the public against purchasing knockoff Lego toys.
IP attorney believes Russian court ruling on Peppa Pig case raised awareness of content creators
13 September 2022An IP attorney in Vietnam said she believes a recent Russian court ruling involving Peppa Pig has increased awareness of IP among content creators in Vietnam.
AIPPI takes the AIPPI Café live for the first time
11 September 2022Building on the success of its all-virtual AIPPI Café sessions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Association for the Protection of International Property launched its inaugural in-person Café set of small group discussions at the AIPPI...
Art, Music, IP Mix in World Congress Opening Ceremony
10 September 2022Celebrating 125 years, AIPPI opened its 2022 World Congress via a mix of music and visual art.
Smart & Biggar to join IPH Group
09 September 2022Canadian firm is the first from outside the company’s Asia-Pacific footprint.
Nick Roudev joins Linklaters Middle East TMT practice
09 September 2022Roudev joins from Simmons & Simmons, where he was a managing associate.
A comparative study of patent litigation defenses in the Top 5 U.S. District Courts
31 July 2022Companies that find themselves accused of patent infringement in U.S. District Court can face a bewildering array of experiences, all based upon which particular district court they find themselves subject to. After painstaking research, Tokyo-based...
IP Week @ SG 2022 announces initiatives for startups, SMEs, youth innovators
08 September 2022More avenues are now available for startups, small and medium enterprises and the youth in Singapore to set them up on their journey to innovation via intellectual property.
English Translation: A Must!
31 August 2022There is no disputing the advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system which, as of April 2022, has 156 member countries. Not only is the applicant able to defer national phase application costs but is given time to assess the strength of...
Looking Beyond The Novelty Lines
31 August 2022Inventions already in the public domain are not patentable. Novelty or anticipation are determined with reference to the statement of the claim of the patent application and they are likely to be tested during the entire life span of 20 years of a pa...
Free trade? Not so much?
31 August 2022India is one of the largest consumers and producers of black tea in the world with the states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala leading the brigade. Darjeeling tea was one of the first few success stories in India, which has not just recei...
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Sociedad Anonima Damm v Hijos De Rivera, S.A. [2022] SGIPOS 6
31 August 2022The Applicant, Hijos de Rivera, S.A. and the Opponent, Sociedad Anonima Damm are beer producers based in Spain. Both parties co-exist in Spain, Europe and UK, but as they grew beyond those territories they began to get embroiled in disputes.
A way to reinforce your patents in China
31 August 2022It is almost inevitable that a patent owner will receive a patent invalidation action from an accused during a patent infringement proceeding in China, with the aim of uprooting the entire patent right. Johnson Ge provides insights into China’s curre...
KL legal community mourns passing of Ameet Kaur Purba
02 September 2022Purba was part of LAW Partnership’s IP group in Kuala Lumpur