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Employees can have access to their employer's trade secrets, a valuable form of intellectual property. EU SMEs should know that Indian law differs from European standards on these matters in some way. Here we explain to you how, and why this is important to any EU SME looking to do business in India

This guide explains the detailed recordation and refiling process in Myanmar.

Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has recently changed the criteria for accepting cases under their jurisdiction, which greatly benefits intellectual property (IP) owners who wish to bring legal action before the DSI.

On April 27, the Market Surveillance Department, in collaboration with the Economic Police in Vietnam, conducted a surprise inspection of five warehouses in Thanh Hoa – Viet Nam.

Indonesia has issued a continuation of its debt relief program—which covers settlement of unpaid patent annuities—from 2021.

A first round of negotiations including GI protection will be hosted by India in New Delhi from 27 June to 1 July 2022.

INPI Brazil creates a pre-service that will work as an individualized guidance service for users branded INPI Conecta Todos (INPI connects everyone)

Superman’s opposition to Super Bernard’s registration. Swatch wins court case against Samsung.

Registration is now open for European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond.

According to the Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal the agreement is only 'half-baked' and comes much too late.

The agreement deals with cooperation between member countries to preserve their geographical identities, which are intellectual property markers that demonstrate the origin and certify the quality of products.

Recent article spotlights noteworthy decision of the Indian Patents Office on the pre-grant opposition under Section 25(1) of the Patents Act

Paramount Pictures sued for copyright infringement over the new sequel “Top Gun: Maverick”. Recent case law from the General Court in a trade mark dispute involving Apple and Swatch.

Cláudio Furtado, President of INPI, and Christian Archambeau, EUIPO's Executive Director, both met on May 31 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for the following 4 years between the institutions. 

On 16 June 2022, the National Assembly of Vietnam has just passed the Intellectual Property (Amendment) Bill. The new law will generally take effect as...

European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) just released 2022 edition of the Intellectual Property and Youth Scoreboard that provides an update on the behaviours of young people towards purchasing fake products and intellectual property infringement.

European IP Helpdesk team is happy to introduce the ambassador from Serbia: Tamara Čolić Milosavljević from the Center for Technology Transfer at the University of Belgrade.

In 15th annual meeting IP5 heads of offices discussed sustainability and how to enhance the global patent system to better support the innovators.

Want to know more about the situation regarding trade mark registration in India? Our expert Hana Onderkova gives you her insight.