Publications & Updates
Taking the fight against the counterfeiters seriously
Anyone working against counterfeiters will surely have faced the dilemma of whether to react to a trademark infringement, when there is limited hope of accomplishing any real results.
Copyright System Must “Adapt Or Perish,” WIPO Director Says
The traditional copyright system’s balance for encouraging yet controlling access to copyrighted works in order to extract value for them has met with a destructive force in the internet that it cannot overcome without changing itself, the head of t
Trade mark changes under way in Taiwan
A set of draft amendments designed to strengthen trade mark protection and harmonise with international standards are under discussion in Taiwan
A REVIEW OF TRADEMARK DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DRAFT AMENDMENT OF CIRCULAR 3055
As it seeks to implement its commitments to international multilateral and bilateral treaties, Vietnam is planning to make amendments to its laws governing the protection of intellectual property (IP). Likewise, in preparation for signing other internatio
PATENTING OF BIOTECH INVENTIONS IN VIETNAM
From the outset of the protection system of the Intellectual Property (IP) Rights, biotechnological inventions in Vietnam, which are commonly concerning (i) living organisms (e.g., plant/animal varieties; plants/animals; microorganisms) and element
COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT IN VIETNAM
Vietnam has had a formal legal framework for copyright protection since 1986, initially consisting of Decree No.142 and its related documents. The Ordinance on copyright protection replacing Decree No. 142 was passed in 1995. On July 1, 1996, the Civil Co
Why India is sceptical about ACTA
India has no plans to join the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, as the country’s top IP official explained in a recent interview
Near-final ACTA draft published
The latest, near-final draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) sets out basic standards for enforcement – but does not go as far as many critics feared
Five areas for global patent reform
Years of deadlock in WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents have been broken after members agreed to focus work on five substantive issues.