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On June 29, 2023, Vietnam’s Minister of Finance issued Circular No. 44/2023/TT-BTC which reduces the collection rates for 36 fees and charges in the country from 10 to 50 percent.

This year saw the National Committee for Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) finalize a key draft IP policy 2023-28 for submission to the Council of Ministers, according to minister and NCIPR chairman Pan Sorasak.

Counterfeiting activities have been a global concern for many decades, and the problem has not yet gone away despite persistent efforts to suppress it.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced a call for applications for the WIPO Global Health Innovation Fellowships.

SEMARANG, 20 August 2023 – Today, ASEAN, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), launched the ASEAN Intellectual Property (IP) Register.

The research collaboration between the European Union (EU) and India is undergoing a process of evolution and development.

The Africa IP SME Helpdesk is organising a webinar entitled ‘Investing in Egypt: the role of intellectual property’.

With the aim to modernize court procedures, the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court ("CIPIT Court") has recently announced the new Rules for Intellectual Property and International Trade Cases B.E. 2566 (2023) ("Rules") to replace the old regulation established in 1997.

This video introduces the bilateral CoC role in helping SMEs settle in Mexico and their opinion on our free EU-funded services.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently launched a dashboard that provides valuable insights into the adoption and popularity of the Unitary Patent system, which was introduced on 1 June 2023.

In the last week before the summer break, we look at the Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-382/21 P and at the end of a trade mark dispute involving taco restaurant chains.

As was the case before with INPI Brazil, INAPI Chile has decided to follow the Brazilian path in order to reduce the patent process for green inventions by up to a third.

The emergence of new technologies and the digital age have presented unique challenges to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) especially in certain areas such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence and spatial computing.

The Delhi High Court rejected PepsiCo Inc's appeal against the revocation of a patent for a potato variety exclusively grown for their Lay's potato chips.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently announced the results of its 2023 competition and this year small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from China, France, Kenya, Mexico, Singapore, and Slovenia are the winners of the second edition of the annual competition.

This week, we look at a recent decision from the General Court involving the Spanish company Ausonia, and a copyright infringement case involving political leader Mélenchon.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently released a report “Intellectual Property Offices and Sustainable Innovation - Implementing the SDGs in National Intellectual Property Systems” to identify examples of good practice among IP offices in supporting the achievement of SDGs.

The EPO establishes bilateral cooperation partnerships with non-member states of the EPC (technical cooperation, reinforced cooperation, and validation) to make the global patent system more efficient and better suited to user needs.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently released a report “Intellectual Property Offices and Sustainable Innovation - Implementing the SDGs in National Intellectual Property Systems” to identify examples of good practice among IP offices in supporting the achievement of SDGs.