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Various IPR Amendments on Korean Acts Effective April 20
11 April 2022Various amendments to the Korean Patent Act, Trademark Act, and Design Protection Act will take effect this April 20,2022. This is to improve the IPR laws to be more friendly to the applicant and to remedy the mistakes actively of applicants and to m...
Singaporean tech startup tries to register bird logo, loses trademark battle against Twitter
08 April 2022Singaporean technology startup VV Technology lost its trademark battle against Twitter after principal assistant registrar of Trade Marks Mark Lim ruled on March 11, 2022 that the mark it was trying to register is visually similar to that of the glob...
IP rights waiver on Covid-19 products: compromise reached
06 April 2022Talks about waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19-related products are seeing positive developments with India, South Africa, the United States and European Union reaching a compromise in March after 18 months of stalled negotiations.
Sri Lanka Passes Data Protection Bill - Without A Vote
06 April 2022The Sri Lankan Parliament has passed the Personal Data Protection Bill without a vote after multiple revisions. Legislators and others expressed worries over the proposed Data Protection Authority's influence on individuals' privacy and independence.
Singapore rejects Prosecco wine GI registration upon appeal by Australian group
06 April 2022The word “Prosecco” cannot be registered as a geographical indication (GI) in Singapore to label wines exclusively originating from certain regions in Italy, according to the latest decision of the High Court of Singapore.
Philippines Launches Incentive Protection Program
31 March 2022The Philippines has launched the Juana Patent and Juana Design Incentive Protection Programs (JPIP) as part of its Women's Month celebrations. The JPIP aims to increase the participation of female inventors and designers in the country's innovation...
IPOPHL Launches Patent eCertificates
10 March 2022The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines is now issuing electronic Certificates for Patents (Patent eCert), the latest digitalization milestone that brings the agency's objective of providing an end-to-end online service for patent applica...
Platform shuts down after musicians call out site for selling NFTs of their artworks without consent
04 March 2022“We started the conversation and we’re listening.” These words have been greeting visitors to the non-fungible token (NFT) platform HitPiece after Auckland bass player and music producer Jacob Park discovered an album artwork featuring his face b...