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Huawei wins the 'MatePod' trademark against Apple, Failure to convince the CNIPA, MatePod, 'MatePod' trademark
26 Nov

Huawei wins the ‘MatePod’ trademark against Apple

After a long, constant battle between Huawei and Apple regarding the ‘MatePod’ trademark, the fight has finally been over with Huawei coming up on top.  The origin of the conflict between the 2 giant tech companies dates back a long time ago, probably because they are 2 ‘giant tech companies’ in the world and conflicts are inevitable.  However, if taking just the battle for ‘MatePod’ trademark, the disagreement booms for the word ‘Pod’ cause while Huawei is not known for this [...]

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The problems about data privacy regulations in Thailand, The current issue with Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act, The restriction on Data Controller and/or Data Processor, The consent from the data subject
25 Nov

The problems about data privacy regulations in Thailand

Personal data protection is one of Thailand’s major focuses in recent times. Accordingly, this country has set out many new regulations as well as practical solutions to protect its citizen’s personal data. This also means the complete eradicate of any factors or problems that damages or can cause harm to personal data. One of the problems with data privacy regulations in Thailand is about the Data Controller and/or Data Processor that will likely be resolved in the upcoming update [...]

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The IP legal fight for Basmati rice among multiple countries, The IP legal fight for Basmati rice, The IP fight over the Basmati Rice, legal fight for Basmati rice, Basmati rice, the Basmati rice
24 Nov

The IP legal fight for Basmati rice among multiple countries

Basmati rice is one of the best rice in the world, arguably. This rice has been around for over 200 years, maybe even more, but up until this moment, the conflict surrounding the legal ownership of this type of rice is still not settled.  Basmati Rice Basmati Rice is long-grain rice commonly grown in India and Pakistan, when cooked it is fragrant and soft. As a special type of rice found in the Indian subcontinent many centuries ago, they are used and [...]

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The necessary of arbitration in IP disputes, arbitration in IP disputes, The necessary role of an arbitration, role of an arbitration
17 Nov

The necessary of arbitration in IP disputes

Normally, when a dispute between 2 parties occurs and they can’t solve it on their own, whether due to the untrustworthiness of the other party or the lack of expert opinions, etc., they would usually ask for the presence of an arbitration.  Arbitration not just in IP disputes but in disputes, in general, is very useful. This is because the help of arbitration is somewhat still the ‘friendly’ way of solving a problem. So, what is arbitration, and what is the [...]

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The incomplete side of arbitration in IP disputes, The reason behind arbitrator's unpopularity, incomplete side of arbitration, arbitration in IP disputes
16 Nov

The incomplete side of arbitration in IP disputes

Although arbitration has many benefits as mentioned in the previous article, as can be seen from practice, not all IP disputes can be resolved in silence or peacefully. If we don’t discuss the nature of a dispute that is too significant or too aggressive, commonly, the ‘normal’ disputes still won’t be resolved due to the incomplete side of arbitration in IP disputes. Arbitration is the out-of-court resolution of a dispute between parties to a contract, decided by an impartial third [...]

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The Road Ahead - Singapore’s Intellectual Property Strategy 2030, Singapore’s Intellectual Property Strategy 2030, The Road Ahead, SIPS 2030, Singapore’s Intellectual Property Strategy
15 Nov

The Road Ahead – Singapore’s Intellectual Property Strategy 2030

The IP Office of Singapore announced the Singapore Intellectual Property Strategy 2030 (SIPS 2030) on World Intellectual Property Day. SIPS 2030 has three inter-linked thrusts: strengthening Singapore’s position as a global centre for IA/IP, attracting and growing innovative firms and developing decent jobs. The IP Office of Singapore (IPOS) announced the Singapore Intellectual Property Strategy 2030 (SIPS 2030) on World Intellectual Property Day this year, based on Singapore’s 2013 IP Hub Master Plan (and 2017 updates). SIPS 2030 intends to [...]

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Netflix seeks IP protection For Squid Game in the Phillippines, Netflix seeks IP protection For Squid Game, Netflix filed trademark applications in the Philippines for Squid game, Netflix filed trademark applications in the Philippines
13 Nov

Netflix seeks IP protection For Squid Game in the Phillippines

Squid game has become a world phenomenon in just a few months. It is so popular that the sudden rise of ‘Among Us’ in 2018 is a frail comparison. Accordingly, to ‘squeeze’ out all of the benefits from the Squid game, the creator of this show – Netflix has just filed a trademark application for squid game in the Philippines, as well as many other countries in the world. In recent weeks, Netflix has spread its hands to dozens of [...]

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Indonesia speeds up its efforts to build a better IP ecosystem, build a better IP ecosystem, The young generation in Indonesia, Priority Watch List
12 Nov

Indonesia speeds up its efforts to build a better IP ecosystem

As part of an overall effort to strengthen the IP ecosystem in Indonesia, this country is now striving to cooperate with other organizations and countries in the world to create an efficient and effective intellectual property (IP) ecosystem to combat widespread piracy and counterfeit goods to attract investments from the United States and Europe. Recently, as a demonstration of this effort, Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property has cooperated with the FBI to tackle IP infringements.  At the moment, The FBI (Federal [...]

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Trademark coexistence agreements in China, Thoughts on perfecting the system of coexistence agreements, Factors to be considered whether to accept the coexistence agreement, coexistence agreement, Trademark coexistence agreements
11 Nov

Trademark coexistence agreements in China

In China, cases of trademark applications involving coexistence agreements are increasing year by year. According to the doctrine of the exclusive property of trademark rights, two identical or similar trademarks on the same or similar goods cannot coexist in the market for a long time. But there is a phenomenon of trademark coexistence in reality. Accordingly, for the same or similar trademarks used on goods or services, if the owner of the cited trademark agrees to the coexistence of [...]

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Korea: Collective mark right for a geographical indication, Collective mark right for a geographical indication, Collective mark right, geographical indication
10 Nov

Korea: Collective mark right for a geographical indication

A geographical indication enables one business to exclude other competitors from using a certain mark, but unlike a trademark, it has no “exclusive owner.” Both a trademark and a geographical indicator serve the purpose of displaying the origin and quality of goods in relation to company earnings while also gaining intellectual property protection. Based on these parallels, some nations protect geographical indicators as a trademark under a trademark and geographical indication protection statute, while others protect geographical indications as a [...]

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