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Patents
Opponents of patent applications for HIV prevention drug in India cry “evergreening”
18 October 2024Crystalline forms of known compound not an invention, patents to limit access to affordable drugs
AI increasingly critical in patent search, data analytics
14 October 2024Patent search is faster, more accurate, data analytics more efficient despite vast amounts of data
Seeds of change: How expiring patents are cultivating agricultural diversity
09 October 2024The commercialization of agricultural innovations is driven by IP laws, with patents playing a central role in advancing agrifood technology. Cathy Li discusses the challenges of balancing biodiversity, food security and patent filings as farmers and...
Vietnam releases first draft of new Law on Personal Data Protection
09 October 2024Draft law is comprehensive, but some requirements for consent are inconsistently scattered, lawyer says.
Cambodia to assess new penalty for late patent annuity payments
08 October 2024Plant variety protection registrations, utility model certifications and patents will all be subject to this new fine.
Shortlist revealed for 2024 Asia IP Awards
04 October 2024Once again, we've seen exceptional IP work across the region. Now, it's time to recognize the firms and practices behind this work.
USPTO terminates 3,100 patent applications amid signature fraud
03 October 2024This is due to an unauthorized individual’s fraudulent use of a registered practitioner’s S-signature.
Dyson hairdryer patent expiration floods China’s market with dupes
03 October 2024Competition intensified among hairdryer brands following the patent expiration.
Nepal’s IP Experts 2024
31 August 2024On World Intellectual Property Day in April 2024, government officials from Nepal acknowledged that the country’s IP enforcement mechanisms are not working as intended.
Sri Lanka’s IP Experts 2024
31 August 2024Intellectual property professionals in Sri Lanka are pushing for updates to the Intellectual Property Act to handle creations by artificial intelligence, EconomyNext reported in February 2024.
Vietnam’s IP Experts 2024
30 August 2024There’s little question that Vietnam has as big of an announcement about its intellectual property regime as we’ve heard in a long, long time.
Brunei’s IP Experts 2024
30 August 2024It’s not often we get to write about Brunei. The country is often overshadowed by its much larger neighbours – it shares an island with Malaysia and Indonesia, and is, in fact, divided into two sections joined by Malaysia’s Asia Highway Route 150. Co...
Malaysia’s IP Experts 2024
30 August 2024Malaysia joined with fellow ASEAN members states to showcase their intellectual property products for the first time at the 65th World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly in Geneva in July 2024.
Turkey’s IP Experts 2024
31 July 2024In July 2024, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unveiled a US$30 billion package filled with incentives designed to boost investment in advanced technology sectors. With the incentives, Erdogan pledged to bring Turkey to the global stage by a...
The patentability of live biological products
27 September 2024Using live biological products in lifestyle drugs and cosmetics introduces a distinct set of considerations.