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Elvis Presley was and is a legendary singer in the entire world. He was the performer that has captured the hear of millions and even billions of fans. At the peak of his career, he hosted a concert that was seen in over 40 countries by close to 1.5 billion people back in 1973. However, after 4 decades after his death at 42, the “King of Rock and Roll” and his followers, and descendants may not rest easy as [...]
The new Trademark Law of Myanmar in 2019 had been passed back in January of the same year. However, the Law hasn’t come into force now – 3 years later as the President of Myanmar hasn’t issued the required notification. However, rights holders in Myanmar and foreign countries shouldn’t have to wait longer as it is expected that the law might become effective at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023. Under the new trademark law of Myanmar, [...]
Recently, South Australian independent Federal MP Rebekha Sharkie threatened the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) with legal action after the distribution of flyers featuring her driving a wrecking ball through religious schools. The Australian Christian Lobby has used the MP’s face in the flyer. Even if the flyer carries good intentions, it will also likely be brought to court as it is used for commercial purposes and the rights owners of the photo have every right to file a lawsuit. For this [...]
The Hague Agreement goes into force in China on 5 May 2022. This marks the moment China turns into the 77th party of the Hague Union. This achievement demonstrates that China has profoundly partaken in the worldwide intellectual property governance under the WIPO system and China’s design patent registration system is authoritatively going worldwide. In China respectively and in the entire globe, in general, industrial designs play a significant part in ensuring that protection for designs is robust, competitive, and [...]
There have been many stories about cryptocurrency in the world, especially right now as this type of currency is getting harsh criticism, resulting in its uncontrollable fluxation of values. Besides Bitcoin, Dogecoin is probably one of the most popular types of cryptocurrencies. Recently, this ‘dog coin’ has entered into a serious trademark battle due to subjectivity. Bitcoin was, undeniably, the pioneer in the rise of cryptocurrency around the globe. Starting with basically nothing of value, Bitcoin has even reached 68,000 [...]
Hong Kong Customs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) in Japan and the Copyright Overseas Promotion Association (COA) in South Korea in the wake of the IP infringement contents of these 3 countries are currently at large in the Asia region. Nowadays, with the overcovering of the Internet worldwide, the people from one jurisdiction are not limited to the contents of that jurisdiction anymore. Rather, one user from one country will be [...]
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has released implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on geographical indications (GI) in order to strengthen the protection of GI products in the Philippines. “Protection of geographical indicators is vital in developing the competitive edge of our local and indigenous goods,” the IRR declared after its first round of stakeholder meetings. The IRR, which was created by the Bureau of Trademarks, aims to guarantee that geographical indications (GIs) are recognized as protectible IP under [...]
When a famous brand enters a market that has weak IP laws, there is a very high chance that its own brand has been registered in some way. This is especially true for countries in the Asia region such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, etc. In this article, we will talk about the notes with IP protection when entering Indonesia. Normally, there is 2 common situation of the action of brand stealing, including the individuals/businesses that see the opportunity to [...]
China is one of the biggest counterfeiting markets in the entire world. Fake, copycat products from China are spread throughout the world. However, in the South East Asia region respectively, the status of counterfeiting is ranting uncontrollably, creating heavy damage to the producers as well as consumers in the country. In this article, we will give a brief guide on how to deal with IP counterfeiting from China to the South East Asia region. In a report by Europol, by [...]
Metaverse, fashion, and the IP world seem to be completely unrelated topics. However, could it have some kind of connection point that combined them all at once? The Covid-19 pandemic hits all sectors hard, fashion included. The fashion world met a heavy obstacle, blocking their chance of rapid development in the 4.0 era. However, although the development is halted, the infringement action of other parties doesn’t stop. Some of the most famous cases that ended up in courts can be named such [...]
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