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Calm Amid the Storm

Although Thailand has been wracked by political confrontation, the intellectual property environment has generally improved. The embattled government of Abhisit Vejjajiva, who became prime minister at the end of 2008 after a parliamentary vote, has m...

IP Rights Enforcement in Thailand: Does it Really Work?

Despite a solid legal and administrative infrastructure and a good working relationship between IP rights holders and local enforcement authorities, enforcing intellectual property rights remains a challenge in Thailand.

Do OEM Products Made for Export Infringe Trademarks in China?

In a surprising and much debated decision, the Shanghai Higher People’s Court has recently upheld the Shanghai Intermediate Court’s decision that OEM products do not infringe a registered trademark in China if they are merely manufactured...

Right Here, Right Now: New Zealand’s Major Events Management Act in Force

With the 2011 Rugby World Cup looming, New Zealand’s Major Events Management Act is being put to the test, protecting words and emblems related to the event. Ian Finch and Ben Cain explore what companies can, and cannot, do when it comes to the...

High Marks?

From keener policing in Singapore and Korea, to tougher and more efficient courts in Japan and Malaysia and greater understanding of bad-faith applications in China and India, the trademark enforcement environment is improving across Asia and the Pac...

Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Malaysia

With the recent economic downturn, companies have had to make the best use of their limited enforcement resources and much-reduced enforcement budgets. While their enforcement wish lists and performance measurements may remain the same, they expect t...

India: Parallel Imports and the Exhaustion of Rights

How many times have we admired newly-launched products and have craved to own such a product to the envy of others? The only consideration that leaves us pondering over the decision to buy that object of our desire is the exorbitant price tag it come...

Historic award of costs gives teeth to IP enforcement in India

Delhi High Court comes down heavily in a recent trademark infringement case.

Free trade zones and fake goods

The updated “Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods” report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) sheds light on free trade zones (FTZs) and how they...

Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Additional Proposed Section 301 Remedies

Following a thorough investigation under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) determined that China has repeatedly engaged in practices to unfairly obtain America’s intellectual property. The practices d...

Pei-hsu Wu and Ta Yen Wu join Winkler Partners

Adds strength to Dispute Resolution and Enforcement teams

Blocking access, stronger legal enforcement, and content at reasonable prices

Asia IP asked key regional IP lawyers Kok Keng Lau, head of the IP, sports and gaming practice at Rajah & Tann in Singapore, and Frank Rittman, regional managing director at the Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) in Hong Kong, how content produc...

Public Perception

Everything has two sides. Parallel imports are no exception. Johnny Chan reports.