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Patent specialists from Tilleke & Gibbins have contributed the Myanmar chapter to the 2023 edition of Patents: Practical Cross-Border Insights into Patent Law from International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG), published by Global Legal Group.

The new IP Special edition takes a look at domain name ownership and registration and explains the issue of cybersquatting.

According to IP Vietnam statistics,[1] there were over 9000 international trademark registration (IR) applications designating Vietnam in 2021 alone. This may be a good time to highlight 2 key points that brand owners may not be aware of which can impact the scope of protection granted under the IR

EUTM opposition procedure involving the secret agent 007 trade mark and the Uffizi Galleries suing Jean Paul Gaultier for reproducing the Birth of Venus.

Together with the European Patent Office (EPO), the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published the fourth edition of “IPR-intensive industries and economic performance in the European Union”.

The Unitary Patent Court (UPC) Preparatory team has recently published the current version of the Implementation Roadmap including all the key activities and milestones of the UPC in the upcoming months.

European Innovation Council (EIC) has recently published the first episode of the new podcast series “The game changers: From radical idea to innovative business” that aims to unveil the inner workings of the EIC and how they support European small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups.

Trademarks are a fundamental asset of any successful business, in Cambodia as in any market. Without such intellectual property rights, a competitor could legally use your brand name and logos for themselves.

The Presidents of the Andean Community (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia), have shared their interest in Venezuela, Chile and Argentina to join the group.

Case Law from the General Court (GC). Ed Sheeran facing a copyright infringement claim.

The regulations support the existence of patent linkage in Indonesia. Generic drug approval is therefore subject to patents that are notified to the BPOM. BPOM means Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (National Agency of Drug and Food Control). We discuss below implementation of relevant regulations.

If you are an EU SME willing to protect your brand in Chile, and you would like to know how to register your trade mark, how to enforce your brand in Chile, stay with us, since today’s blog is about the main changes in Chile for the trade mark system.

With Colombia, the EPO has found another permanent signatory of this international project, making the patent examination and grant procedures much more agile worldwide.

The most recent Amendment to Vietnam’s Law on Intellectual Property was passed by the National Assembly on 16 June 2022.

The Philippines dropped eight spots, to 59th out of 132 economies worldwide, in the World Intellectual Property Organization's annual Global Innovation Index (GII), from 51st position the previous year.

The degree of protection afforded to short word marks is low.
This is one of the key takeaways from The a2 Milk Company Limited v Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., according to Yvonne Tang, director of intellectual property at Drew & Napier in Singapore.

Thanks to the joint efforts of both IP Key Latin America and the EUIPO, the Mexican Institute of IP (IMPI) has just found common grounds with the criteria listed under the EUIPO's Common Communication (CP6) — Convergence on graphic representations of designs - Common Communication.

European IP Helpdesk team is happy to introduce you the ambassador of this month: Merit Fimberg-Espuch from Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

With more than 400 Geographical Indications (GIs) registered, campaign aims to raise awareness of the value and benefits of IP protection through GIs.