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Anime, Manga, and the Trans- Pacific Partnership: Will Fan Works Be Spirited Away by TPP Copyright R...
16 December 2015Arguably, the anime and manga industry is itself borne of copyright infringement: fans mash-up anime images with music in elaborate videos; trade in ad hoc translations; create unlicensed fanart; and dress up for live action cosplay. A thriving douji...
Indonesia: Nakamichi Evens the Score Against Infringers
24 November 2015Andy Najanurdin manufactures and trades in fabrics using the Nakamichi brand throughout Indonesia. In 2004, he registered the mark NAKAMICHI under IDM000068148 for goods in Class 24. He has built his reputation over the years by maintaining the excel...
The Clash of Two KOLINs - Long-standing Rivalry Resolved by the Philippine Supreme Court
07 September 2015The Supreme Court of the Philippines finally put to rest decades of dispute between Taiwan Kolin Corporation (TKC), a Taiwanese corporation, and Kolin Electronics Company, Inc. (KEC), a Philippine corporation. Both are engaged in the manufacture and...
Claim Construction of Means-plus-function Claim, Based on the Judgments of the Taiwan Intellectual P...
07 September 2015Claim construction is always an important issue either for an invalidation action or an infringement assessment. In particular, the issue would be more complicated and disputable when the claim is written in means-plus-function or step-plus-function...