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Establishing Patent Prosecution Highway between South Korea and Indonesia

05 Nov

Establishing Patent Prosecution Highway between South Korea and Indonesia

Indonesia and South Korea have established a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), enabling applicants to pursue patent protection in Indonesia with a granted Korean patent as the basis for their application. This PPH initiative resulted from the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on September 8, 2023. One MOU outlines comprehensive cooperation in intellectual property, while the other delineates the specifics of the PPH mechanism. Upon [...]

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Taiwan: New accelerated examination program helps startups obtain design protection

04 Nov

Taiwan: New accelerated examination program helps startups obtain design protection

To enhance the examination services for design applications in Taiwan, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has initiated an accelerated examination pilot program, effective from September 1, 2023, until December 31, 2024. Following this period, TIPO will assess its effectiveness to determine whether to maintain the program in its current structure. As part of this initiative, the time interval between filing a design patent application and receiving the first office action will be reduced from four months to two. This [...]

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Myanmar's Industrial Design Law goes into effect on October 31, 2023

03 Nov

Myanmar’s Industrial Design Law goes into effect on October 31, 2023

The State Administration Council (SAC) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar published Notification No. 217/2023 on October 18, 2023, designating October 31, 2023, as the effective date of Myanmar’s Industrial Design Law 2019 (IDL). Creators of industrial designs (Designs) can file applications for registration of their Designs with the Intellectual Property Department (IPD) beginning October 31, 2023. The IPD is likely to send notices soon determining the start date for filing Design applications, the official application form, and other paperwork, as [...]

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Myanmar: Update on Industrial Design Law and Copyright Law

02 Nov

Myanmar: Update on Industrial Design Law and Copyright Law

The State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar published notifications on October 18, 2023, detailing the date on which the 2019 laws pertaining to industrial design and copyright will go into effect. The Industrial Design Law and the Copyright Law go into force on October 31, 2023, according to Notifications No. 217/2023 and No. 218/2023, respectively. The country’s industrial designs and copyrights now have a substantial protection system in place thanks to these notifications. In preparation for implementing the Industrial Design [...]

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Taiwan introduced pilot program for expedited design patent examination

01 Nov

Taiwan introduced pilot program for expedited design patent examination

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has launched the Accelerated Design Patent Examination Pilot Program to offer a more varied and adaptable design patent evaluation process. This program allows design applicants who meet the conditions outlined in this article to request an expedited examination of their design patent applications, from the initial filing to receiving the first office action. Conditions for expedited examination include: Third-party commercial exploitation: Applicants relying on this condition must provide supporting documents such as product catalogs, newspapers, [...]

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CNIPA: China holds over 4.8 million valid invention patents

31 Oct

CNIPA: China holds over 4.8 million valid invention patents

According to the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), China possesses more than 4.8 million valid invention patents, along with 45.1 million trademarks, as of September. CNIPA’s head, Shen Changyu, stated that China has solidified its status as a prominent intellectual property (IP) nation. He also highlighted China’s consistent top global ranking in international patent applications through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for four consecutive years. Shen pointed out that patent-intensive industries contribute 12.44 percent to the GDP, and the copyright [...]

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Unified Patent Court

28 Aug

The unitary patent system in the EU

After an extensive anticipation period, the Unitary Patent System became legally effective on June 1, 2023. In order to provide a consistent, focused, and effective framework for European patent litigation, the long-awaited system will henceforth allow for the possibility of the issue of a Unitary Patent (UP), namely a European patent with unitary effect in up to 25 EU member states. In order to create the UPC system, several nations take part in strengthened collaboration with the European Patent [...]

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some insights into the Guimaras mangoes geographical indication in the Philippines, Guimaras mangoes geographical indication in the Philippines, Guimaras mangoes geographical indication ,

29 Jul

Some insights into the Guimaras mangoes geographical indication in the Philippines

The registration of Guimaras mangoes as a Geographical Indication (GI) provides a significant competitive advantage for the Carabao mango variety grown on the island province of Guimaras in the Philippines. Arjel de Guzman, the founding director of OPTMARKS in Manila, believes that the GI system represents a crucial step forward in the country’s intellectual property infrastructure, benefiting not only the mango industry but also the overall agricultural and indigenous sectors. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) recently introduced [...]

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trademark lawsuit due to employee’s union, utilization of employee’s union, trademark lawsuit due to the utilization of employee’s union,

28 Jul

Trademark lawsuit due to the utilization of employee’s union

Is there any rare case where instead of being suppressed and silenced by employers, workers who engage in protests and strikes are sued for trademark infringement by the business owners? Such a unique case did occur in New Jersey, United States. Less than three months after the employees of Medieval Times, a dinner theater in New Jersey, voted to establish a union, the company filed a federal lawsuit against the union, accusing them of engaging in trademark infringement. This action has [...]

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USA to register unique trademarks, vulgar trademarks , vulgar trademarks in the USA,

27 Jul

The United States can grant registration to trademarks with offensive or vulgar language to a certain extent due to the right to freedom of speech

The United States can grant registration to trademarks with offensive or vulgar language to a certain extent due to the right to freedom of speech, which is a fundamental right of every American within appropriate limits. In 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the United States would not prohibit the registration of trademarks with language that is considered offensive, vulgar, or contrary to good morals to a certain extent, based on the right to freedom [...]

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