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To support applicants during the COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam, on 2 August 2021, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (VNIPO) issued Notice No. 7581/TB-SHTT (“Notice No. 7581”) granting the automatic extension of certain deadlines related to the establishment procedures of industrial...

Do not miss your opportunity to try the new patent Statistics & Trends Centre the EPO has put in place.

Experts in the mobile app market from across the world are urging developers to protect their intellectual property early in the development process, highlighting how this may save them money in costly legal fights that are common in the sector.

MANILA – The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines' (IPOPHL) online trademark filing tool is now using the European Union's (EU) harmonized database of goods and services (HDB), currently the largest multilingual trademark classification database in the world.

In this digital age, intangible assets, including intellectual property rights, are proving to be more valuable to businesses than tangible assets. Susan D. Villanueva, Patricia A. O. Bunye and Andrea Y. Alegre share seven key IP strategies for rights owners in the Philippines.

Favipiravir (or T-705; 6-fluoro-3-hydroxy-2-pyrazinecarboxamide) is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug used in the treatment of multiple diseases, and is the first drug approved by countries around the world as an emergency option for Covid-19 cases. Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property...

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Using the tools to search for patents in India can prove both more challenging and useful than might first seem.

IP news from Article 17 and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

IP news from Tous and Chris Brown

Analysing the overall IPR regime in India and its contribution to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the country

Would you like to know more about the findings of this study between IP KEY Latin America and INDECOPI?

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has issued an update to the Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications on March 2020 to provide further guidance on validity of priority claims and lack of unity objections.

Vietnamese Government to reinforce cybersecurity, online IP protection, and regulate cloud computing services

IP news from Rihanna and Kanye

New series showcases how technology transfer helps commercialise inventions and drive innovation

This is a non-exhaustive list of some particular aspects of China patent filing procedure. Although substantial principles of patent law are generally harmonised, there are still significant differences in procedure which IP professionals dealing with China on a regular basis should be aware of.

Would you like to know more about how can you benefit from these two recent precedents of the Peruvian Administrative Court of Appeals.

We highlight key statistics for that industry’s patents in Vietnam

In our previous instalment of this series, we outlined the current state of the ICT industry in Vietnam. This next instalment will highlight key statistics for that industry’s patents in Vietnam.