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The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Association of PAQE (Patent Agents Qualifying Examinations) Professionals, Inc. (APPI) to cooperate on intellectual property (IP) awareness and education, capacity building, and...

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In light of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks, IP Vietnam issued Notice No. 8181/TB-SHTT (“Notice 8181”) on 9 September 2021 granting further deadline extensions for IP applicants. Under Notice 8181, all deadlines falling between 30 June and 31 October 2021 will automatically be extended to 30...

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”) conducted a public consultation which ended on 12 August 2021, to seek feedback on a proposed Intellectual Property (“IP”) (Amendment) Bill 2021 (the “Bill”) and corresponding amendments to respective IP subsidiary legislation...

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The Ideas Powered for business SME Fund is a €20 million grant scheme helping European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access their intellectual property rights.

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In the course of this past summer of the year 2021, the Parliamentary Committee on Commerce of the Indian Parliament issued its review of the intellectual property regime in India

Find more about the strong incentives and commitments communicated by the Indian government towards a stronger intellectual property framework.

More IP resources for business enterprises in Singapore were announced during the recently-concluded IP Week @ SG 2021. The new IP resources seek to assist businesses in their growth trajectory and help them emerge stronger from the pandemic.

In the first half of 2021, filings for intellectual property (IP) protection increased by 20% year on year as the economy recovered from eased lockdown restrictions and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) was successful in emphasizing the importance of IP in business...

Over recent decades, counterfeiting has been causing serious harm, not only to the global economy but also to consumer health and safety. The huge, quickly generated profits made from illicit trading (comprising counterfeiting activities) has encouraged counterfeiters to find new ways to evade the..

In Thailand, bad-faith domain name registrations can present a unique challenge to brand owners.

On 6 July 2021, the Singapore parliament tabled the Copyright Bill for the First Reading. The Bill introduces key changes and is the first amendment of copyright legislation drafted since 2011.

*The Second Reading of the Bill will be in September 2021

On June 29, 2021, World Trade Organization (WTO) members approved another 13-year extension of the least developed country (LDC) transition period for applying the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The extension came as a result of a last-minute consensus...

Asia is now seeing a resurgence of Covid 19 cases driven largely by the dreaded Delta variant. Some countries in the region are even posting record numbers in terms of daily infections like Malaysia and the Philippines. Indonesia also posted a record number of deaths from the virus on August...