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As part of an awareness campaign on intellectual property (IP) protection in South-East Asia (SEA), we are gathering insights from IP experts across the 10 ASEAN countries. The interview will help highlight country-specific IP challenges and provide practical advice to support European SMEs.
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has suspended the acceptance of new acceleration requests under its SG Patents Fast and SG Trade Marks Fast acceleration programmes beginning on January 4, 2026, until further notice.
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has been named the world’s third most innovative intellectual property office, highlighting its sustained investments in digital systems and institutional capacity-building.
The government has agreed to prepare a Rp10 trillion (over US$597 million) intellectual property-based financing platform for creative industry players in 2026, making Indonesia the 15th country worldwide to adopt such a scheme.
The Thai Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) has updated the classification of goods and services in accordance with Nice Classification of Goods and Services (13th Edition), following the Notification of the Minister of Commerce on Classification of goods and services dated 14 November 2025
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is reviewing the SG Patents Fast and SG Trade Marks Fast acceleration programmes.
The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Office), with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is drafting additional annexes to its Guidelines for Patent Examination, focusing on the examination of patent applications in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
Vietnam’s National Assembly approved wide-ranging amendments to the Intellectual Property (IP) Law on December 10, 2025, marking one of the most significant overhauls of the country’s IP regime in recent years.
Clarification on Article 20A of Indonesia’s Patent Law No. 65/2024 introduced in October 2024 , which requires all active patent holders to submit an annual statement of patent implementation.
The Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) held discussions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the targeted development of health products. The collaboration aims to enhance health offerings to better serve an ageing society and address emerging diseases.
Vietnam’s Law on amendments and supplements to several articles of the Law on Intellectual Property (IP) aims to transform patents, trademarks and copyrights into genuine corporate assets.
One morning, a California-based company mapping its Southeast Asia rollout opened an unexpected cease-and-desist letter from a Vietnamese IP firm. To the company’s surprise, the letter asserted that a local client already owned the company’s brand in Vietnam and threatened legal action.
Penang, Malaysia – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Malaysia's Intellectual Property Corporation (MyIPO) have kicked off the third edition of their Intellectual Property Management Clinics (IPMC) program in Penang, following successful launches in Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabal
The new scheme, established by Regulation (EU) 2023/2411, introduces EU-wide geographical-indication protection for craft and industrial products (CIGIs).
Thailand’s future in the global semiconductor supply chain depends on a swift and aggressive pivot from its established role as a major Printed Circuit Board and Electronic Manufacturing Services hub to a creator of its own specialized Intellectual Property in integrated circuits.
On 18 November 2025, the director of a company selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs) was sentenced to 22 months’ jail, and her company was fined SGD 384,000.
MANILA – An official of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has expressed hope that more businesses with registered trademark report incidents of infringement of their products.
Third party observation on the grant of Protection Titles was stipulated in Article 112 of the IP Law 2005 (passed by the Vietnam's National Assembly on November 29, 2005 and effective from July 1, 2006).
On November 21, 2025, Myanmar’s Ministry of Commerce promulgated the Geographical Indication Rules, establishing a comprehensive framework for the registration and administration of geographical indications, which are primarily governed by the Trademark Law of 2019.
As part of an awareness campaign on intellectual property (IP) protection in South-East Asia (SEA), we are gathering insights from IP experts across the 10 ASEAN countries. The interview will help highlight country-specific IP challenges and provide practical advice to support European SMEs.