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On June 1, 2023, the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) entered into force. (Last year we ran a series of articles marking the first birthday of the Unitary Patent and UPC, which you can read here.) Since then, the Courts of First Instance have received a plurality of cases, including severa

The 7th edition of the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC Rules 2025”) came into force on 1 January 2025. The SIAC Rules 2025 introduce new procedures and enhancements to consistently ensure fair proceedings, efficiency in the conduct of the arbitration propo

While not explicitly mentioned in the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, and seldom mentioned in jurisprudence, trademark dilution may be a viable option for owners of famous marks as grounds for filing opposition and cancellation actions. This concept, which addresses the unauthorised u

SAO PAULO, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia will formally join BRICS as a full member, Brazil's government said on Monday, further expanding the group of major emerging economies that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Indonesia amended its Patent Law on 28 October 2024 in an effort to better align with international patent practice. Based on our current understanding, unless explicitly indicated otherwise, applications filed before 28 October 2024 (including divisional applications filed after 28 October) will b

Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) intends to add 22 items to the GI list in 2025 to raise the market value of geographical indication (GI) products to more than B5.9 billion (US$170.4 million).

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has issued Designs Practice Direction No. 3 of 2024 on Classification, which will supersede Practice Direction No. 4 of 2020 and take effect from 1 January 2025.
Designs Practice Direction No. 3 of 2024 on Classification is intended to align with

The G20 Summit in Rio De Janeiro this year saw Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz issue a joint declaration to elevate Singapore -Germany relations to a strategic partnership ("Singapore-Germany Strategic Partnership").

The rise of the digital economy in Southeast Asia has brought data protection to the forefront of legal and business discussions. The ASEAN-6—comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam—are shaping their data protection frameworks to address both global standard

The EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement is drawing a lot of interest as the fourth round recently concluded in Bangkok. Despite negotiations starting in 2013, there was a ten-year pause before we saw the first round of negotiations end in September 2023. The initial plan was for four rounds of negotiat

On 2 January 2025, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”) will launch a pilot for an expedited track for certain proceedings before the Registrar of Trade Marks to progress faster than usual. Parties to proceedings filed on or after 2 January 2025 before the Registrar of Trade Marks

HÀ NỘI —In 2025, the market surveillance force will prioritise carrying out tasks on anti-counterfeiting in e-commerce, aiming to create a healthy business market and ensure the rights and interests of enterprises and consumers.

The secondary liability of ISPs/internet intermediaries in Southeast Asian (“SEA”) countries are not consistently established across one of the world’s biggest ecommerce market regions. This stems largely from the issue being framed within national legal contexts, which are inadequate for platforms

Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan has vowed to improve IPR (intellectual property rights) protection for US products so that Thailand would be removed from the IP Watch List of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as a lead organisation in the fight against counterfeits through its European Observatory on Infringements of IP Rights, organised a forum on Industry Cooperation Against IP Infringements in Manila, Philippines, on 12 November, as part of the

In a significant demonstration of Thailand’s commitment to intellectual property rights protection, a large-scale destruction ceremony of counterfeit goods was held on 23 August 2024, at the Royal Thai Army’s 7th Air Defense Regiment complex in Bangkok. The event, jointly organized by the Department

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Law Ministry stated that the destruction of counterfeit goods is a form of the state's presence in protecting intellectual property (IP).

The United States Motion Picture Association wants Singapore to clarify its copyright exception rules for artificial intelligence (AI) companies – particularly how this copyright exception operates for computational data analysis or text and data mining.

Indonesia's Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming plans to establish a European Union (EU) desk to enhance trade cooperation with the bloc, said Minister Rosan Roeslani, who is also head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM).