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Intellectual property strategies for India

Having a strong intellectual property strategy is essential to long-term protection of your IP rights. Pravin Anand shares some of his firm’s most successful strategies.

Right to cross-examination of an expert witness: Absolute or discretionary?

Cross-examination is an excellent tool in the hands of expert lawyers, particularly in contested patent cases to find the veracity of the expert or demolish the correctness of the technical position taken by the experts. D.P.S. Parmar examines the us...

Cambodia Enters Into Bilateral Agreements With Major Patent Offices

Sound as a trademark being proposed in Vietnam

How non-profits can protect their IP in the time of Covid-19

In the best of times, non-profit organizations are keeping a considerable quantity of sensitive information.

Lost in Translation

Choosing the wrong translator could lead to rejection or invalidation.

Ensuring patent innovation

Exploring the word innovation, and what it means for the future of the patent practice.

Can patent citations lead to real-world impact?

Hundreds of thousands of scientific papers are published each year, believing they can make a difference in the real world.

The Patent Squad

examining when to use patents, and when to turn to an alternative form of protection.

CNIPA commissioner proposes ways to tackle post-pandemic IP protection challenges

Dr. Shen Changyu, commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) proposed three actions for IP offices to address IP protection challenges under the post-Covid 19 era: coordinate the top-level design of IP, constantly...

Voting now open for the 2021 Asia IP Awards

IP awareness initiatives in India

Indian businesses are slowly transforming from being simple trading enterprises to manufacturers, service providers and creators of intellectual property. Gradually, research and innovation are taking centre stage, especially for startups, to enable...

Updates on Singapore patent practice

Following a series of public consultation and discussions, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has confirmed that they will launch a formal procedure for the submission of “third party observations".

Employment agreements and compensation in multi-jurisdictional inventorship

Employment agreements for multi-jurisdictional inventorship should be carefully thought through to avoid disputes, said Dan Altman, a partner at Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear in California.

Sharp and OPPO sign a cross-licensing agreement

Sharp and OPPO have announced that they have struck a deal on worldwide cross patent licensing, which covers both parties' terminal devices and include patents for communication technologies.