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Processing Third-Party Observations in Taiwan
09 October 2020TIPO promulgated an Operational direction for processing Third-Party Observation (Submission)
The coding lawyer decoded
30 September 2020Whether designed to improve a lawyer’s knowledge of the language of computers or merely to improve his problem solving ability, coding lawyers are everywhere.
A second-round victory for brand drug owners against generics who fail to declare relevant patents u...
30 September 2020The latest developments regarding cases linked to Singapore's Patent Linkage Regime.
Patents in Space
06 October 2020The conflict between IP Rights and Space Law.
100 steps to becoming an IP power country
30 September 2020China’s central government has drawn up a plan of 100 steps to make the country into an IP powerhouse. Asia IP gets reactions from lawyers across Beijing.
Spreading IP Education to School Systems
05 October 2020The IPOPHL achieves a big step towards mainstreaming Intellectual Property in high school.
How the new patent law impacts new technologies in China
30 September 2020As China has quickly emerged as a hub for computer technology, the government has acted to ensure the country’s laws keep pace. How does the country’s new patent law impact new technologies?
Looking at patentability exceptions through a judicial lens
30 September 2020It is high time to take a new look at the examination approach towards the inventions preempted under Section 3. D.P.S Parmar explains why.
Patent invalidation profile and strategy in China
30 September 2020A Supreme Court judicial interpretation is bringing changes to the adjudication of patent invalidity cases in China. Guanyang Yao and Jian Zhang explain what is needed to win before the Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department and the courts.
Drug patenting and the search for a Covid vaccine
29 September 2020The race to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 is on. How does drug patenting affect the search for a vaccine?
Australia’s IP Amendment Bill 2019: Game over for the innovation patent system
29 September 2020By mid-2021, Australia’s innovation patent system will be a rapidly vanishing memory. Lawyers explain what that will mean for the small businesses which have benefited the most from the system.
Outbreak
29 September 2020It’s not just us. Patents, too, are suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic. Johnny Chan reports.
South Korea records second-largest increase in international patent applications
28 September 2020Covid-19 seems to have little impact on hindering local companies to expand foreign operations.
Jumping Into The PPH
21 September 2020Will we see more of this in the Philippines, especially during this time of pandemic?
Australia Provides Free Extensions
17 September 2020Deadline extensions for patents, trademarks and designs offered as part of Covid-19 relief.