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RSSAs the world of business changes at a breathtaking pace, the growing importance of knowledge and innovation has placed intellectual property (IP) assets under the spotlight and highlighted the necessity of effectively taking advantage of such assets, while minimizing the risk of infringement...
Vietnam is a thriving market with an annual economic growth of 2.9% in 2020, despite the ongoing pandemic. It happens to be one of the few economies that has shown positive growth despite the prevalence of the Covid- 19 pandemic. Such resilience has attracted investors globally, especially...
To help enterprises obtain patent protection more expediently, Singapore has established a global network of acceleration programmes and has announced the extension of the following two pilot acceleration programmes...
Amendments will be made to the Trade Marks Rules, which will take effect from 1 October 2021.
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Would you like to know more about the CP6 practice paper published by RN Costa Rica?
During these years spring, in light of the intensity of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court had ordered an extension of the period of limitation in all matters, including intellectual property matters, before all courts.
A new study published by Cisco titled Cybersecurity for SMBs: Asia Pacific Businesses Prepare for Digital Defense shows that small and medium-sized businesses in India are exposed, under attack, and more concerned about cybersecurity threats than before.
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A Brexit reminder, Stag trade marks and the Global Innovation Index
Thailand vows to continue driving forward with innovations, technologies and intellectual property (IP), hoping such areas will help boost international trade in the near future.
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First of all, these draft revisions comprise more than 230 pages. To me, it is already a significant achievement to be able to read through all of the revisions, analyze them, and provide comments within about 1.5 months.
European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) aim to collaborate more closely in the future
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A couple of months ago, the Chamber of Deputies & the Senate approved the adherence of Chile to the Agreement of the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Trade marks.
On 21 September 2021, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (VNIPO) issued Notice No. 8559/TB-SHTT ("Notice No. 8559") confirming that from 21 September 2021, it will resume receiving filings and returning documents from its headquarters in Hanoi.
The European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN) brings together the national and regional IP offices of the EU, the EUIPO, and its international partners and customers to build a stronger IP network within the European Union. Now, the EUIPN has launched an improved version of its website.
The WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center has received the 100th WIPO case under the dispute resolution policy for the .CN and the Asian giant for Top-Level Domain disputes, two years after becoming the only non-Chinese entity entitled to provide this service.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has reached an important milestone by crossing the mark of 1,000 patents registered by researchers and academic institutions in India and abroad.
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Would you like to know more about this governmental decision on counterfeits?
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Would you like to know more about ho can you benefit from this Database?
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Many first-time applicants express doubts as to how Open Science obligations can be compatible with IPR.