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China: 2023 Outline for Strengthening Intellectual Property Rights & Implementation Plan
20 Aug

China: 2023 Outline for Strengthening Intellectual Property Rights & Implementation Plan

The 2023 Outline of Building Strong Intellectual Property Rights System and the Implementation and Promotion Plan of the 14th Five-Year Plan have been released to advance the strategy of bolstering the IPR system and delineate the pivotal tasks and strategies for the year ahead. Issued by CNIPA, the outline outlines 139 key tasks across seven major areas. Regarding the enhancement of the intellectual property system, the plan emphasizes the improvement of IP laws and regulations, the overhaul of major IP policies, [...]

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Interpretation of Administrative Adjudication of Patent Linkage Measures in China
19 Aug

China’s National Intellectual Property Administration Issues Interpretation of Administrative Adjudication of Patent Linkage Measures

On September 18, 2021, the China National Intellectual Property Agency released the Interpretation of “Administrative Adjudication Measures for Early Resolution Mechanisms for Drug Patent Disputes”. The Interpretation clarifies some issues in the Measures, including deadlines. Requester The requester can be the patentee, applicant for drug marketing license or interested person. Interested person includes the licensee or the registered drug marketing license holder. Time Limit The time limit for filing a lawsuit or requesting administrative adjudication is 45 days after the Center for Medication [...]

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Driving Economic Growth: China's Patent Intensive Industries Show Resilience in 2022
18 Aug

Driving Economic Growth: China’s Patent Intensive Industries Show Resilience in 2022

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently unveiled its highly anticipated announcement, No. 562, presenting the Data of Added Value for National Patent Intensive Industries in 2022. This comprehensive report sheds light on the pivotal role of patent-intensive sectors in China’s economic landscape and their contribution to national development. According to the announcement, the added value of patent-intensive industries in China surged to an impressive 15317.6 billion RMB in 2022, marking a notable 7.1% increase compared to the previous [...]

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Updates on Singapore patent practice, Singapore patent practice, Third party observations, Re-examination option for registered patents
17 Aug

Updates on Singapore patent practice

Following a series of public consultations and discussions, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has confirmed that a formal procedure for the submission of “third party observations” will be launched, under which members of the public will be able to notify IPOS of information that may be relevant to the patentability of an invention during the examination stage of a pending patent application. Furthermore, IPOS has launched a new procedure in which members of the public can request [...]

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The In-depth Guide to Register a Trademark In Malaysia
16 Aug

The In-depth Guide to Register a Trademark In Malaysia

Trademarks in Malaysia are governed by The Trademarks Act 2019 and the Trademarks Regulations 2019, which replaced the Trademarks Act 1976 and the Trademarks Regulations 1997, came into force on December 27, 2019 and abolished the Trademarks Act 1976 and the Trademarks Regulations 1997. The Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation is responsible for the administration and enforcement of these laws. Malaysia is also a signatory to a number of WIPO-administered trademark treaties, including the following: the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement [...]

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Popular body art in India gets GI label, body art in India gets GI label, Sojat Mehndi registers GI protection, Sojat Mehndi
15 Aug

Popular body art in India gets GI label

Sojat Mehndi from Rajasthan has received the geographical indication (GI) tag from the government. This is an incredible milestone for India because not just the economic benefit but the Indian people will now have another GI in the list of protection and recognized products worldwide. Sojat Mehndi is a type of ingredient made from the state of Rajasthan in northern India. In addition, it is also used to describe the type of painting, as well as the paste manufactured itself. In [...]

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Where Marketing Meets Law When It Comes To Brands And Trademarks
13 Aug

Where Marketing Meets Law When It Comes To Brands And Trademarks

The terms “trademark,” “brand,” and “trade name” are frequently interchanged, despite the fact that they all refer to distinct things in different situations. The terms might be misunderstood by people in different departments of a company. It is not uncommon for a company’s trademark to be mistaken with its brand, as well as the brand name or trade name. A trade name is a name that a company uses to do business that is different from the entity’s registered or [...]

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The problem of different compensation of inventors in multi-jurisdictional inventorship, compensation of inventors in multi-jurisdictional inventorship, The problem of different compensation of inventors, multi-jurisdictional inventorship
11 Aug

The problem of different compensation of inventors in multi-jurisdictional inventorship

When an invention is invented, it’s highly unusual for just one inventor to do all the work. Instead, the main inventor often requires a lot of assistants to help him/her with all the minor stuff. In addition, for some cases, when the invention is on the world level, the assistants might be from multi-jurisdictional but normally, the employees from those multi-jurisdictional companies will get a different compensation or reward for their efforts and create a problem of unfair compensation. As [...]

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Effects on Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar of Extending the TRIPS General Transition Period for Least Developed Countries
10 Aug

Effects on Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar of Extending the TRIPS General Transition Period for Least Developed Countries

Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) approved a 13-year extension of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) transition period for applying the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights on June 29, 2021. (TRIPS). The extension was made possible by a last-minute agreement reached at the TRIPS Council meeting, only two days before the initial expiration date of July 1, 2021. The new deadline for LDCs to comply with TRIPS intellectual property rights is July 1, 2034, as [...]

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International Patent Compliance
06 Aug

Everything you should know about International Patent Compliance

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the United Nations’ specialized agencies, with the mission of promoting and protecting intellectual property across the world via collaboration with nations and other international organizations. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has an international “Patent Cooperation Treaty” (PCT) that has been approved by at least 153 nations, including the United Arab Emirates. A PCT application is the process through which applicants can seek worldwide patent protection for their inventions. International patents [...]

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