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The long-anticipated amendments to the Copyright Act of Thailand have come into force last August 23, 2022. The Act attempts to update the legislation to cope with online piracy and different copyright concerns ...

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has seized 360,000 counterfeit goods in Nakhon Nayok province and Bang Bon district of Bangkok.

In accordance with Notification No. 44/2022, the Myanmar Intellectual Property Department (MIPD) of the Myanmar Ministry of Commerce (MOC) recently published 19 bilingual trademark forms ("TM Forms") on its website.

Thanks to this collaboration agreement both parties will implement cooperation mechanisms, making use of technological tools to identify any infringing products or actions on the platform.

Kenya introduced the mandatory recording of IP rights (IPRs) with the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) for all imported goods.

Thailand’s intense suppression of intellectual property violations has paid off, as reflected in the United States’ 2021 report on IP violations. None of Thailand’s commerce centers or online markets were named in the report. On Friday (26 August), authorities destroyed some...

Vietnam has made amendments to its Intellectual Property Law, considered the most significant since its creation. The amendments introduce changes to areas such as industrial property, copyrights, and the enforcement of intellectual property...

On 16th June 2022, the Intellectual Property Amendment Bill (“Bill”) was passed before the National Assembly of Viet Nam.

European Commission published new guidelines that aim to increase social and economic value from knowledge and transforming data and research results into sustainable products and solutions.

To promote Cambodian culture, traditions, and customs, the Ministry of Commerce intends to register the "Kampong Som Dried Shrimp" from coastal regions as a national geographical product.

The Commerce Ministry pledges to continue promoting geographical indication (GI) products, aiming to raise sales of GI products including exports to more than 42 billion baht this year from 39 billion in 2021.

The amendment to the copyright law on Tuesday is aimed at boosting the country’s digital content industry, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) received a total of 56 reports and complaints on counterfeiting and piracy in the first half of the year, marking a 48% decrease from the 107 recorded reports and complaints in the comparable period of 2021...

The Intellectual Property (IP) (Amendment) Bill revising and supplementing the current Vietnamese IP Law ("Amended IP Law") was approved and passed by the National Assembly of Vietnam on 16 June 2022. The Amended IP Law will come into effect on 1 January 2023, with exceptions saved for sound mark...

These 5 Agreements will enter into force in Peru on 18 October 2022.

The new Notification of the Ministry of Commerce on Counterfeits and Pirated Goods Prohibited from Export, Import and Transit to and from Thailand introduces a new system of trademark and copyright registration to allow IPR owners to better enforce their rights

To facilitate a smooth transition to the use of IPOS Digital Hub (covered in our March newsletter here), as well as the implementation of the Intellectual Property (Amendment) Act 2022 and amendments to the various IP subsidiary legislation, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has r

According to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), as COVID-19 limitations loosened and IPOPHL strengthened its IP awareness and education campaign, applications for intellectual property (IP) registration surged in the first half of the year.

A year has passed since EUIPO’s awareness grant beneficiaries kicked off their projects. Learn more about the creative campaigns designed to inform children, youths and their educators about the effects of infringing on intellectual property rights.