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2025 Asia IP Awards winners crowned in Kuala Lumpur

Philippines Strategy Guide 2025

Navigating the IP landscape in the Philippines requires strategic foresight and expert guidance. Asia IP's Philippines Strategies Guide 2025 offers authoritative advice from leading experts to help protect your IP assets.

Shortlist Revealed for the 2025 Asia IP Awards

How Pop Mart turned toys into gold

Labubu went viral in 2025, spawning viral memes and counterfeits – and becoming a gold mine for Pop Mart. – Cathy Li

AI’s starring role in the movies: Copyright challenges

Amidst faster and more creative productions, Ai also sparks complex copyright debates. — Espie Angelica A. de Leon

Navigating changes in Malaysian music

How new copyright rules are reshaping artists’ rights, royalties and industry control. — Excel V. Dyquiangco

China Strategies Guide 2025

Working in China's IP landscape requires strategic foresight and expert guidance.

Regulations on keyword setting for commercial identifiers

The 2025 revision of China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law clarifies the regulation of keyword setting behaviour. – Xia Zheng and Jie He

Chinese utility model patents: An underestimated protection weapon for IP

The utility model is increasingly used to protect “small inventions” in China. – Yingying Shen

Claiming lost profits in China when a franchise agreement goes bad

Franchising has grown significantly in China. So have disputes, when business relationships sour. – Tim Meng

The application of the principle of good faith as a ground for rejection or invalidation

Delineating the boundaries for applying the principle of good faith to patent rights. – Peng Ye

Hong Kong’s luxury for less

Hong Kong’s parallel import market can be fraught with risk. – Cathy Li

Quality versus quantity

Is India’s patent office sacrificing quality to meet Office Order 34’s disposal targets? — Espie Angelica A. de Leon

Minimizing disputes in tech and IP licensing agreements

How do you transform potential conflict into lasting, trust-based partnerships? — Excel V. Dyquiangco

In which markets should you file for patent protection?

How do businesses – especially startups – decide where to file new patent applications? Espie Angelica A. de Leon