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Indonesian Trademark Law Amended

Scotch Whisky Registered in Taiwan

Kazakhstan: Overcoming Provisional Refusals of International Trademark Registration

Kazakhstan’s accession to Madrid has brought the country’s trademark regime to the forefront. Janetta Butabayeva and Lola Islamova highlight the difficulties foreign applicants may encounter when Kazpatent reviews an international applica...

‘Truly Global’

The International Trademark Association is working hard to become a truly global organization, and its efforts are paying off. Gregory Glass caught up with CEO Etienne Sanz de Acedo at INTA’s recent annual meeting in Orlando.

Best Law Firms in Asia and the Pacific Recognised

Forty-eight firms from 19 Asia-Pacific jurisdictions took home trophies at the seventh annualAsia IP Awards, held October 17 at the Westin Resort Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.

IP Week @ Singapore officially opens

Event runs from 22 - 24 August at the Marina Bay Sands.

Watermark acquired by Shelston IP’s holding Company

Watermark one of the longest-established IP firms in Australia.

Chinese Olympian in Spotlight of Trademark Race

The Own Name Defence is Often no Defence at All

In The Audience Motivation Company Asia Pte Ltd v. AMC Live Group China (S) Pte Ltd, the Singapore Court of Appeal, in a ruling dated April 21, 2016, found in favour of the appellant, thus overturning a decision by the High Court which had dismissed...

Kuwait: Suspension of Payment of Publication Fees for Renewal and Recordal Actions Until Further Not...

Trademark Registry Abandons 200,000 Applications

Trademark Enforcement in China

China's recently-amended trademark law has a stronger deterrent effect on infringing acts than did the previous law. Bin Zhang and Lei Fu explore the differences between trademark enforcement via administrative and judicial routes.

Culture Shock

As jurisdictions have different laws regulating trademarks, learn more with Johnny Chan about the differences and similarities in trademark applications before you expand your business into another country.

China Cracking Down on Malicious Trademark Registrations

What do a deck of playing cards and a lighter have in common? Nothing, one could argue. On December 30, 2015, the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People’s Court argued otherwise and endorsed a creative argument in a case involving the world’s l...

Move Over! There is Only One Yahoo! In Philippines

On November 5, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) En Banc reversed the ruling of the SEC Office of the General Counsel (OGC) in a dispute involving a registered mark and various infringing corporate names.