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06 Dec

United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Armin Blome vows to strengthen IP protection in Pakistan

Pakistan and the United States have had a supporting relationship dating back for nearly a century. The United States has provided Pakistan with grants annually in the form of military aid for decades. But to describe the relationship between the 2 countries as ‘good’ or ‘friendly’ does not quite cut it. It is more like a “roller coaster” relation with many complex aspects. Regardless, Pakistan has always been one of the United States’ main interest jurisdictions. Accordingly, recently, the [...]

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03 Dec

Copyright issues in the first-ever Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS)

During its five days run in the first Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS), hosted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), PICS has recorded an astonishing number of 2.5 million visitors, spreading the importance of copyright as a tool to aid the economy’s recover from the Covid-19 pandemic all over the world. Emerson G. Cuyo, director of IPOPHL’s Bureau of Copyright and Related Rights (BCRR) has stated about the first-ever Philippine International Copyright Summit (PICS) and its necessity [...]

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30 Nov

Is it better to have patents or protect your know-how?

A commonly questioned topic when it comes to protecting technological research and development (R&D) achievements is whether to use patent protection or know-how protection. Comparing the similarities and differences, or benefits and drawbacks, of these two protections, such as protection methods, protection time, and remedial procedures, is the most straightforward solution to this question. From a different perspective, this article seeks to explain the understanding and handling of this subject. How can a company built a route for recognizing all technological R&D [...]

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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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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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