Myanmar's Intellectual Property (IP) department recently celebrated its first year of operation. Progress has been significant but slower than expected, according to practitioners.

South Korean broadcaster MBC has won a long-running copyright case against China’s video platform Bilibili.

On the 14th July, the CNIPA provided an update on the half yearly progression on filing registrations in China, to June 30 2021.

The rise of counterfeit K-beauty products poses significant risks to consumers, challenging common misconceptions about regulatory enforcement in China. Chris Bailey discusses the comprehensive IP laws and cosmetic regulations in China, revealing how brands actively combat fake products in a market often misunderstood by Western observers.

It brought patent infringement proceedings in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court.

According to the report, the total number of copyright registrations nationwide reached 8.923901 million in 2023, an increase of 40.46% compared to the previous year.

Writing in Managing IP, Melvin Mei has examined the two ways you can protect visual assets in China - 3D trade marks and Designs.

November 2022 marks the official roll out of the Indonesia Trade Mark office's trade mark renewal process.

Indonesia's Patent Law No. 65/2024 introduced in October 2024 Article 20A, which requires all active patent holders to submit an annual statement of patent implementation.

Following the Notification No. 82/2023 dated March 10th, 2023, the new Trade Mark Law No. 3/2019 will enter into force on April 1st, 2023. Phase 2 of the soft-opening...

In 2020 the new trademarks law will come into effect. A number of practical issues are now taking shape:...

On July 1st, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar issued Notification No. 44/2022 which indicates required forms for filing and prosecuting trade marks under the Trade...

The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has prohibited two major online ecommerce shopping platforms Shopee Philippines and Lazada Philippines to cease sales of medicines.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has submitted a bill to Congress proposing amendments to the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) is set to launch the Regulations on Well-Known Marks, establishing the Register of Well-Known Marks in the Philippines, on 28 April 2025.

根据经修订的专利规则第802条和第1700条...

The Patent and Trademark Court of Appeal (PMÖD) has prohibited a company from claiming in advertising, for example on Instagram, that their products are certified with an environmental label without, in connection with the claim, informing what the label means.

Since Thailand joined the Madrid Protocol in 2017, the Thai Trade Mark Office (TMO) has expressed its commitment to issuing local registration certificates for International Registrations (IRs)...

On 17 January 2021 Federal Law N 217-FZ On changes to part four of Civil Code of RF came into effect.

The EU's independent data protection authority, The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), published "Orientations" the 3 June 2024.