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Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property cooperated with the FBI to tackle IP infringements, Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property, Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property cooperated with the FBI, the FBI, FBI

Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property cooperated with the FBI to tackle IP infringements 

In September 2021, Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property cooperated with the FBI to tackle IP infringements that have been plaguing Indonesia for a long time. Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP)’s collaboration with the FBI marks the first time in history this organization has partnered with the United States’s intelligent office to counter IP problems. Furthermore, The FBI is also working with the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) to investigate the sale of piracy and counterfeit at physical [...]

Top Misconceptions About Trademarks in the Business World

Top Misconceptions About Trademarks in the Business World

What are the functions of a trademark? There are numerous answers to this question, but the most persuasive is the Trademark’s distinguishing function. Customers internalize your business and identify your products or services in this approach. This is how you compete in today’s highly competitive market and how you keep ahead of the competition. This is how you protect yourself against possible competitors and their counterfeit signs. This is how you acquire traction in the memory game and win. Nonetheless, because intellectual [...]

Huawei becomes the leading company on patent inventors in 2021, the leading company on patent inventors in 2021, the top patent inventor and private companies' R&D investment list for 2021, Huawei – the leading company on patent inventors

Huawei becomes the leading company on patent inventors in 2021

According to The top patent inventor and private companies’ R&D investment list for 2021, Huawei has become the top patent inventor from Guangdong province alongside three other private enterprises.  On the top patent inventor and private companies’ R&D investment list for 2021 published by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce on October 11th, 2021, after Huawei, the internet provider Tencent takes the second and the chipset MediaTek takes the third. The appliance manufacturer Gree Electric takes fifth place in [...]

Technology and Intellectual Property Rights

Technology and Intellectual Property Rights in EU

Copyright, database rights, confidentiality, and trade secrets are the most important IP rights in connection to technology (mostly software and data). Software and business processes that modify and process data are likewise covered by patents and rights to inventions, though not in the same way as data itself. Software, data, and other technological products are all eligible for trademark protection. Copyright Copyright does exactly what it says on the tin: it prevents the copying of information’s form or expression but not [...]

India moves up 2 spots to 46th rank in Global Innovation Index 2021, India excel at innovation, Global Innovation Index 2021, India has moved up two positions to 46th rank

India moves up 2 spots to 46th rank in Global Innovation Index 2021

India has moved up two positions to 46th rank on the Global Innovation Index. India has been improving its position on the index over the past couple of years. India has improved its position on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021 released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). India has ranked 46th this year, marking an improvement from last year when it occupied the 48th position. The country has been constantly making progress on the innovation index from 2015 when [...]

Vietnam introduced the Draft Decree on Sanctions against Administrative Violations in Cybersecurity, Sanctions against Administrative Violations in Cybersecurity, The Draft Decree on Sanctions against Administrative Violations in Cybersecurity, Administrative sanctions to cybersecurity threats

Vietnam introduced the Draft Decree on Sanctions against Administrative Violations in Cybersecurity

To tighten the security against hackers and other forms of violations of cybersecurity, on 20 September 2021, the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security has recently released the Draft Decree on Sanctions against Administrative Violations in Cybersecurity for public consultation. This draft decree is the latest effort of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to fight against online threats in Vietnam. Following the principle regulations of the Cybersecurity Law 2018, this is the third-largest draft instrument issued in recent years. Before [...]

Protecting Your Intellectual Property on Social Media

Protecting Your Intellectual Property on Social Media

Many of our daily activities are now centered on social media. As a result, intellectual property law is dragged in, and failing to take basic actions to protect your property might result in the loss of your intellectual property rights. This article examines three common intellectual property types, their interactions with social media, and some best practices that every organization should follow in order to function in social media without exposing itself to needless intellectual property risks. Once creative works [...]

All You Need To Know About Trademarks

All You Need To Know About Trademarks

We are inundated with an ever-increasing number of products with (“) and (®) as industries strive to obtain a legal monopoly on their unique ideas through trademark registration. But what are the meanings of these symbols? We’ll go beyond the well-known symbols in this article and look at the many types of trademarks for both products and non-products, as well as the protection they provide and some terms that are prohibited. Here is a thorough list of general and [...]

CNIPA announced a new change to trademark certificates format in 2022, new change to trademark certificates format in 2022, paper trademark certificates in China, No more paper trademark certificates in China

CNIPA announced a new change to trademark certificates format in 2022

From the beginning of 2022, no paper trademark certificate will be issued anymore. From January 1st, 2022, trademark owners will only receive electronic trademark certificates.  This change of formality of trademark certificate is in line with CNIPA’s policy of digital conversion, aiming to create an electronic-based world.  This strategy has already been implemented in the past with the ceasing of paper patent certificates back at the beginning of 2020.  To clarify, in January 2020, the CNIPA has announced that it would no [...]

The status of counterfeit products flow from China to South East Asia region, The immense impact of counterfeits, Measures to stop the counterfeiting problems, Counterfeit goods and illicit goods 

The status of counterfeit products flow from China to South East Asia region

China has long been regarded as the center of counterfeit products from across the entire globe. Cheap labor, plentiful resources, and loosen regulations of taxation, etc. have made this country the heaven to mass-produce products in general, and counterfeit products in particular. Recently, China has once made the headline for being the source of the flow of counterfeit products to other regions in the world, particularly the ASEAN region – its neighbor area geographically. China and ASEAN have long had [...]

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