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The menace of counterfeit products like food items, medicines, cigarettes, alcohol, automobile spare parts, and electronic goods among others, seems to be on a rise across the world and in Cambodia, it’s reflected in an increase in the seizure of such items by authorities.

Thailand vows to move ahead with plans to tackle intellectual property (IP) infringements even as the US recently announced it will exclude Thailand from its Notorious Markets List both for physical and online markets.

The Philippines has been elected as the chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group (APEC-IPEG), a new role seen to expand the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines’ (IPOPHL) reach in championing rules...

This week in IP news: Drake settles lawsuit over fake Vogue cover, and new developments in the transposition of EU copyright rules.

In this month's IP blog post, we focus on Chat GPT, the AI tool that everyone liked to try in recent weeks.

European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) seeks IP experts to provide IP due diligence services to beneficiaries of European Innovation Council (EIC) grants.

German government deposited its instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) with the Council of the European Union.

Joining forces with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) just published a new report "Risks of Illicit Trade in Counterfeits".

A new IP Special focusing on assignment of IP as well as highlighting the features of assignment agreements has just been published by the European IP Helpdesk team.

This week, two cases on surprising topics: when is a bike saddle "visible" for the purpose of design protection, and can we make NFTs with Hermès handbags?

The consultation is open to all interested stakeholders and experts of the innovation ecosystem - and not limited to IP specialists.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippine (IPOPHL) has promulgated the Revised Rules and Regulations on Trademarks, Service Marks, Trade Names and Marked or Stamped Containers.

European IP Helpdesk team has just published a new thematic package “IP and Social Media” comprising an animated clip, a fact sheet and an infographic.

Someone tries to trade mark the Google brand for cars, and some changes to the Madrid Agreement for the international registration of trade marks.

After many years of deliberation, applications for Geographical Indications (GIs) are now being accepted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL).

The available options for enforcing intellectual property (IP) in Cambodia have steadily increased over the past years, and both enforcement authorities and IP owners have gained valuable experience in enforcement operations. This experience, alongside new legal developments...

Each month we introduce you to a member of our Ambassador team. This month: Christina Deyl from Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH, Germany and she has been supporting regional small and medium enterprises for more than 15 years.

New joint study on Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights for European Commission has recently been published.

European IP Helpdesk team is delighted to announce the lecture series “Patent Protection for EU Funding Beneficiaries” organised in co-operation with the European Patent Office (EPO).