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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.

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

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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Many first-time applicants express doubts as to how Open Science obligations can be compatible with IPR.

News in the field of copyright and trademarks

While trade secret cases are complicated and time consuming, sometimes there are also success stories.

According to the legislative plan approved by the National Assembly (NA), the Draft Law will be submitted for consideration by the end of the fourth quarter of 2021.

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...