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27 Nov

Overview of the data privacy law in Vietnam

Data privacy has always been a difficult topic in Vietnam. Due to the fact that Vietnam has only been ‘new’ to the Internet for 2 decades, there have been many breaches in personal information on the Internet, making users of this multidimensional portal exposed to dark organizations and individuals who might use their information for bad purposes. Accordingly, data privacy has always been the main focal point in Vietnamese policies. In order to protect the citizen’s interests, the data [...]

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24 Nov

Malaysia’s updated copyright law imprisons streaming pirates for up to 20 years

Despite technological advancements, illegally streaming series or movies is still an infringement of copyright rules. As a result, Malaysia intends to enforce strong penalties, including lengthy prison sentences for individuals who commit the crime. Malaysia’s Move Against Streaming Pirates In Malaysia, 22% of online consumers access pirate streaming, down by 64% since August 2019, according to a YouGov survey of 1,123 consumers commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (AVIA’s CAP) and released in September 2020. The number [...]

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21 Nov

Further delay on the TRIPS waiver of patent rights for Covid-19 vaccines

The call for the exemption of Covid-19 patent rights has been going for a while, especially noticeable within America, yet it does not quite meet the expectations. As one of the latest development with the progress of the exemption, recently, the proposed TRIPS waiver of patent rights for Covid-19 drugs, vaccines, and devices has taken an intense downturn. The proposal for the Covid-19 vaccines waiver of IP rights begin when India and South Africa suggested it in October 2020, calling [...]

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17 Nov

Vietnam: Uniformly apply provisions on amendments, supplements to applications, and new details in the procedure for establishing trademark rights

(Vietnam) To prevent inconsistencies and synchronization in the amendment and supplementation of trademark procedures causing difficulties for the management system, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam Nam recently issued Notice No. 10869/TB-SHTT dated November 18, 2021 on the uniform application of a number of regulations on amendments and supplements to applications and new details in the procedure for establishing trademark rights. Uniformly apply a number of regulations on amendments and supplements to applications Each and every parties that file for [...]

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14 Nov

Patent litigation in China during the last five years in details

According to the Report on Litigation in China in the Last 5 Years, 45,561 intellectual property disputes were settled between October 2016 and October 2021. Civil cases accounted for 36,883 of the total, or 80.95 percent of the total. In 2018, the number of patent lawsuits hit an all-time high. Every year, December is the busiest month for patent lawsuits. The proportions of cases that involve inventions, utility models, and appearances were 20.81 percent, 31.15 percent, and 48.05 percent, respectively, among [...]

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Invalidations Against Five-Year-Old Trademark Registrations, Five-Year-Old Trademark Registrations, Invalidations of Trademark Registrations, Invalidations of Trademark Registrations older than five years

11 Nov

China Trademark Law: Invalidations Against Five-Year-Old Trademark Registrations

The China Trademark Law sets severe standards to raise the threshold for commencing an invalidation against a registered trademark in order to balance the legal rights and interests of rights owners with the protection of Chinese consumers (given through administrative authorities’ acts). In order to bolster China’s intellectual property (IP) rights protection procedures, administrative and judicial authorities have granted stronger protection to certain forms of IP rights in specific instances. In terms of trademark protection, both the China National Intellectual [...]

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08 Nov

The problem surrounding the exemption of IP rights for Covid-19 vaccines

The Covid-19 pandemic has been raging on for 2 years. During these difficult times, the citizens of the world have suffered immeasurable losses, with the total number of deaths far surpassing 5 million and counting. As the number of deaths keeps rising, the conflict between countries and organizations about the exemption of IP rights for Covid-19 vaccines keeps on booming. America under the Biden Administration has been a strong supporter of the Covid-19 vaccines exemption. However, although America is the greatest [...]

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05 Nov

Trademark Law in the United States Updated: What Brand Owners Should Know

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) took effect on December 18, 2021, and it established new processes for eliminating redundant trademarks from the federal trademark register as well as amending current trademark law guidelines. By clearing out the federal trademark register and enabling the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) the power to speed the registration process, the TMA makes it easier for genuine businesses to register their marks. Brand owners who are not utilizing their trademarks [...]

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02 Nov

Everything you need to know about Trademark Infringement

Unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark on or in connection with products and/or services in a way that is likely to cause misunderstanding, deceit, or misconception regarding the source of the goods and/or services is referred to as trademark infringement. What happens if a trademark infringement lawsuit is filed against you? Depending on the case, a trademark owner who feels his or her mark is being infringed upon may bring a civil action (i.e., lawsuit) in the court for [...]

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30 Oct

The International Regime Of Intellectual Property Laws

Intellectual property is protected by giving the inventors the exclusive right to use their invention, which includes the right to exclude others from using their inventions. As a result, it’s simple to understand why intellectual property rights (IPR) would have a direct and significant influence on business and trade: the owner of an IPR can ban the manufacturing, use, or sale of a product that contains the IPR while exercising his or her right. Furthermore, in practically every country, there [...]

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