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Lawyers Warn Mark Owners of Personal Facebook URLs

Lawyers Warn Mark Owners of Personal Facebook URLs

12 November 2012

Freshfields Survey Shows Increased Willingness to Litigate IP Rights

Freshfields Survey Shows Increased Willingness to Litigate IP Rights

12 November 2012

Malaysia Struggles with Enforcement of IP Rights

Malaysia Struggles with Enforcement of IP Rights

12 November 2012

Although Malaysia has remained on the US Trade Representative’s Watch List since 2002, IP lawyers in Kuala Lumpur say the country has a strong IP rights regime and that its enforcement challenges are improving.

Competition Law in Malaysia: Is This the Last Nine Yards?

Competition Law in Malaysia: Is This the Last Nine Yards?

12 November 2012

The Government of Malaysia is now serious about implementing competition legislation in Malaysia within the near future. Chew Phye Keat examines the proposed legislation and its impact on foreign and local corporations.

Guylian’s Box of Chocolates: Shape Trademarks and their Capacity to Distinguish

Guylian’s Box of Chocolates: Shape Trademarks and their Capacity to Distinguish

12 November 2012

Australia’s Federal Court has held that the seahorse shape is not capable of distinguishing Guylian’s chocolates and therefore should not be registered, reflecting the traditional reluctance of Australian courts to recognise the...

ACMA Cracks Down on SMS Marketing

ACMA Cracks Down on SMS Marketing

12 November 2012

No Sweet Reward for Mars

No Sweet Reward for Mars

12 November 2012

Chivas Claims Regal Victory

Chivas Claims Regal Victory

12 November 2012

A Clean Market in Malaysia, Free From Counterfeits – Is It Possible?

A Clean Market in Malaysia, Free From Counterfeits – Is It Possible?

09 November 2012

Malaysia is making progress in the battle against counterfeiting – and has even received international recognition for its efforts. But is enough being done?

Creative Thailand: A Creative Campaign to Boost the Thai Economy

Creative Thailand: A Creative Campaign to Boost the Thai Economy

09 November 2012

On August 31, the Thai government kicked off its Creative Thailand program, designed to promote Thailand as a hub for creative industries in Southeast Asia and to boost economic contribution by national creative industries. If it succeeds, Thailand&r...

Indian Courts Render View on the use of Punch Lines: The Glaxo Campaign

Indian Courts Render View on the use of Punch Lines: The Glaxo Campaign

09 November 2012

An Indian Court has affirmed the principle that the more descriptive the words used for a product, the greater the burden on the party asserting exclusivity to establish such exclusivity, ruling that the words ‘taller, stronger, sharper’...

Singapore’s Court of Appeal Sheds Light on Trademark Revocation and Invalidation

Singapore’s Court of Appeal Sheds Light on Trademark Revocation and Invalidation

09 November 2012

A recent Singapore Court of Appeal judgment provides welcome guidance on grounds on which a registered trademark may be revoked and invalidated. Ankur Gupta explores the issues stemming from an enforcement action against the sale of Cordyceps bearing...

Disclaimed Elements: Questions Regarding the Essence of a Trademark in Thailand

Disclaimed Elements: Questions Regarding the Essence of a Trademark in Thailand

09 November 2012

Facebook Gets .ir Domain in WIPO Case

Facebook Gets .ir Domain in WIPO Case

09 November 2012

SC Voids Preliminary Injunction Against Tanduay

SC Voids Preliminary Injunction Against Tanduay

09 November 2012