Strong post-Brexit comeback shown by UKIPO’s record-setting year
The Innovation and Growth Report 2021–22 was just released publicly by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). Some of the report’s most noteworthy talking points are the sharp increases in patent, trademark, and design filings, even though it provides numerous insights into how the office would help the UK “to become the most innovative and creative country in the world.” The UKIPO granted 10,798 patents in 2021–2022, which is the most in over 30 years, and that is the overall [...]
The Philippines to cooperate with South Korea to promote IP-based professions
To satisfy the growing need for intellectual property (IP) professionals servicing the Philippines’ innovation, creativity, and commercial markets, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is now examining the deal with the Korean Invention Promotion Association (KIPA). Korea Invention Promotion Association Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA) was established in 1994 to promote intellectual property (IP) and expand patent management support. KIPA provides a ONE-STOP service that offers assistance from the early stages of inventions to commercialization. Moreover, KIPA trains human [...]
The 5th meeting of leaders of IP offices of ASEAN countries – Korea
From November 14 to 16, 2022, the delegation from the Intellectual Property Office (IP) of ASEAN member countries attended the 5th meetings of leaders of IP offices of ASEAN countries – Korea held in Seoul, South Korea. The delegates from ASEAN countries highly appreciate the close cooperation relationship between ASEAN and the Republic of Korea in many fields, especially in the field of Intellectual Property established since 2018. The Chairman of the Intellectual Property Cooperation Working Group – the Director of [...]
The 2022 WIPO-IPOS IP For Innovation Awards
From September 6th to September 7th 2022, the 2022 WIPO-IPOS IP For Innovation Awards was organized during IP Week @ SG 2022 as a joint program by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). The Awards took place at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. The WIPO-IPOS IP For Innovation Awards recognize Singapore firms that have achieved extraordinary development via the effective use of intellectual property. For charting their Future with [...]
Sui generis regime in the Philippines
Sui generis is a Latin phrase that means “of its/their own kind”, “in a class by itself”, therefore “unique”. In the matter of IP, a sui generis regime can be understood as the implementation and building of a new IP system that is not the typical IP rights as we have all known. The Philippines has just launched a sui generis system regarding the protection of geographical indications. The main types of intellectual property law cover copyright which protects creative [...]
Promote IP to Indonesian students
Knowledge for students is one of the most important policies of every country as the students are the future, the ones holding and maintaining the system for other future generations to come. Consequently, to teach this new generation of students about Intellectual Property is to nurture the IP industry in the future, gaining society-wide knowledge of IP which is the foundation of high-educated civilization. Acknowledging this fact, the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI) launched the IP Teaching Program [...]
Procedures for trademark transfer in Vietnam
Trademarks need to be registered to gain protection in Vietnam. However, if you find a business opportunity or feel that the trademark is no longer suitable with the development path set out at the beginning, you can carry out the procedure for transferring the trademark to another party. In the following article, VLIP will show the procedure for trademark transfer in Vietnam in accordance with the law. Trademark transfer means the transfer of ownership of a mark by a trademark [...]
New changes in the recording systems in Thailand’s customs border
To allow the agents in customs borders across the country to check, monitor, and stop the illegal goods that infringed upon the rights of rights owners, rights owners need to contact the agents and record the information of their IP assets to the customs recording system. Recently, there is an update on the recording system of Thailand that right owners need to know to best protect their rights. The Thailand Customs Department has updated the customs recordation system as well [...]
