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China joins Hague System to make international design protection easier
28 February 2022China officially submitted the accession documents to join the Hague System, as well as to join the Marrakesh Treaty, to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) when director general Daren Tang visited the country to attend the opening of...
China Bans Copyright Deals
24 February 2022Digital music platforms are not permitted to establish exclusive copyright agreements unless there are specific conditions, according to China's copyright administration, which is cracking down on monopolistic activity in the country's private sector
USPTO terminates over 5,500 trademark applications filed by low-cost trademark filing firms
21 February 2022The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has terminated over 5,500 trademark applications filed by three low-cost trademark filing companies which are neither law firms nor have lawyers in their staff, and thus cannot operate in the US.
Election in the Philippines Respect IP Laws And Request Permission From Copyright Holders
18 February 2022With the upcoming presidential elections in May 2022, the Philippines is reminding all candidates and political parties to observe the IP Laws, which can be in relation to their campaigns.
Google officials including CEO, employees face raps for copyright infringement in India
16 February 2022Police in Mumbai, India filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Google, its CEO Sundar Pichai and other officials and employees on January 25, 2022 for showing a movie on YouTube without permission, thus infringing the rights of its copyright...
India’s number of patents granted almost triple in 5 yrs, moves up in GII rankings
15 February 2022India recorded an almost threefold increase in the number of patents granted in the last five years. The number of patents filed in the country in the same period also increased by 30 percent.
Hong Kong Must Strengthen Its IP Protections
11 February 2022A senior researcher has suggested that if Hong Kong wants to become the region's innovation and technology centre, it has to enhance intellectual property (IP) protections for new breakthroughs, stressing that scientific infrastructure alone will not...
IPOPHL and Japanese Organization Team Up To Fight Piracy
09 February 2022With the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), a Japanese organization tasked with combating content piracy and promoting international content distribution, the Intellectual...
Copyright transfer hoists Australian Aboriginal Flag proud and free, with no strings attached
04 February 2022The Australian Aboriginal Flag, one of Australia’s official flags, may now be used by all Australians on websites, artworks, clothing items including sports uniforms and sporting venues, digitally or otherwise, for free and without seeking permission...
Indonesian youth who earned huge sums from his selfies turned NFTs: what are his IP rights?
03 February 2022A computer science student from Semarang, Indonesia became wealthier by more than US$1 million in January after taking a selfie almost everyday for the past five years, converting them into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and selling them in OpenSea.
IP protection mechanisms in place for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Paralympics
28 January 2022As far as intellectual property rights protection is concerned, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are ready, even with the continued onslaught of the Covid-19 global pandemic.
IPOPHL highlights initiatives to assist PH in exiting grey listing and emphasizes the need of de-ris...
25 January 2022The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has joined the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) in encouraging international financial institutions to stop de risking and burdening Philippine-related transactions with needless monito...
New Zealand group loses out anew in manuka honey trademark battle after rejection by UK IP office
25 January 2022For a group of honey producers in New Zealand, the outcome was bitter, not sweet when the UK Intellectual Property Office rejected their application to register Manuka Honey as a trademark in December 2021
Muted Vietnamese national anthem in football match raises copyright issues
20 January 2022A December 2021 football game pitting Vietnam against Laos got the Vietnamese people talking. YouTube channel Next Sports was airing the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup match live on December 6 when, during the flag-raising segment, Vietnam’s national anthem...
Report Says That China Has Around 700,000 Patent Inventions In 2021
18 January 2022The China National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) said at a recent conference that 696,000 inventive patents were approved in 2021.Shen Changyu, the NIPA's director, presented the conference with a work report outlining recent developmen...