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25 May

International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting Live+ took place in the United States

The International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting Live+ took place in the United States from April 30 to May 4. The event comprised both in-person meetings and Live+ meetings to allow flexibility in consideration of the raging Covid-19 pandemic across the globe. Although INTA has been holding the Annual Meeting for nearly one-and-a-half centuries, the 144th time Annual Meeting by INTA in 2022 is still a special event unlike any other throughout the history of this organization with many new features, [...]

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25 May

AI can’t be named an inventor in Australia

According to a decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in April 2022, AI can’t be named an inventor in Australia. The debate over the naming of an AI as an inventor in Australia alone and in the entire world, in general, has been going on for quite some time. More specifically, the heated discussion was brought by Dr. Thaler over his super AI, DABUS – an “artificial neural system” known as the “device for the autonomous bootstrapping [...]

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23 May

India’s IP development path through the publication of the book Chrysalis

Although The International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting Live+’s event recently was the one that took all the spotlight in the media, however, little did the people know that next to that event, at a small reception, India’s IP development path through the publication of the book Chrysalis by Safir Anand was slowly simmering. Safir Anand is the author of Chrysalis and the creative genius behind many leading brands in India proffering inputs on brand strategy, business models, marketing, and commercial insights, blended [...]

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13 May

Report on the Taxation of Trademarks and Complementary Rights in Europe

At the beginning of May 2022, the International Trademark Association (INTA) has just released a Report on the Taxation of Trademarks and Complementary Rights in Europe. The Report aims to give out clear guidance on the tax implications with regards to trademark lifecycle in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. The report was announced during INTA’s 2022 Annual Meeting Live+, taking place virtually and in-person in Washington, DC, April 30-May 4. With this report, the brand owners, and trademark practitioners [...]

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12 May

IPOPHL launched the IPOPHL Learning Activities Workspace (ILAW) in the Philippines

To support the spreading of IP awareness to all people in the entire world, the IPOPHL has recently launched the IPOPHL Learning Activities Workspace (ILAW) in the Philippines. This marks one of the greatest achievements of a Southeast Asia IP Office in regards to an online IP learning system. ILAW The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Learning Activities Workspace (ILAW) is the official e-learning platform of the IPOPHL to support its mission to build an inclusive intellectual property system serving [...]

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11 May

Raising IP awareness in the young generation in Singapore

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the National Youth Council (NYC) have recently conducted a joint survey called the Singapore IP and Youth survey to obtain a general understanding of how the young generation in Singapore perceives Intellectual Property and all the matters related. Through the survey, it’s clear that we need to raise IP awareness in the young generation in Singapore. Although Singapore is one of the fastest developing countries in the entire world, the young generation [...]

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08 May

The Russian-Ukraine conflict brought a trademark infringement case to McDonald’s Peppa Pig

The Russian-Ukraine conflict has created many heavy consequences worldwide. In the IP world, the damage might not be so clear as in other sectors of society like oil, gas, food, etc. However, there is actually one trademark infringement case deriving from the conflict, the McDonald’s Peppa Pig case. Peppa Pig Peppa Pig is a British cartoon launched in 2004. The show is incredibly successful to the point that its parent company was acquired by Hasbro for $4 billion in 2019. Peppa Pig [...]

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07 May

Publicity rights on the fame of famous subjects in China and the USA

In our current developing world, there are probably as many celebrities as the stars in the sky. They also have a similar resemblance too. Normally, a celebrity will shine for some moment in the night but eventually, they will fade. However, it’s not about the famous duration of celebrities that is the matter but it is another aspect revolving around their fame – the publicity rights. So, what are the publicity rights on the fame of famous subjects? As we [...]

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06 May

The future of digitalized IP Office worldwide

What if there is a day that the physical IP offices will only be memories? At that point, all businesses will be conducted online through a modern, digitalized IP Office. The applicants and their representatives won’t have to waste time traveling back and forward to fill out the administrative papers, reducing a huge amount of time and money wasted. Although the picture is perfect but will the future of digitalized IP Office worldwide be made possible? The world is changing [...]

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01 May

New Revised Enhanced Mediation Promotion Scheme (REMPS) of IPOS

The IP Office of Singapore (IPOS) has recently announced the Revised Enhanced Mediation Promotion Scheme (REMPS) starting from the beginning of April 2022. Revised Enhanced Mediation Promotion Scheme (REMPS) The Revised Enhanced Mediation Promotion Scheme (REMPS) is a funding scheme by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) to cover part of the parties’ mediation costs. The funding covers: Fees charged by the mediation service provider; Mediator’s fees; up to 80% of mediation-related lawyer/agent fees (and mediation-related disbursements charged by the party’s lawyer/agent). With the REMPS, [...]