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Jing Lu joins Shihui Partners as partner
22 March 2022Beijing-based Lu specializes in data compliance, life sciences transactions.
Hong Kong Budget and its IP Implications
22 March 2022With the budget of Hong Kong for 2022-2023, which includes about HK$170 billion in expenditure plans to improve the economy and retain public trust, what does this mean for Intellectual Property?
The Winners of the Asia IP 2021 Awards
17 January 2022You have spoken. The verdict is in. And the winners are...
How skilled is a “Person Skilled In The Art” supposed to be?
17 January 2022Patent laws of various jurisdictions stipulate inventive step as one of the requirements for patentability. The step has been stipulated so that a trivial and insignificant variation, which a person may deduce as an obvious consequence of the prior a...
Non fungible tokens (NFTs) – What is the brouhaha all about?
17 January 2022Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs as they are popularly known, have taken the world by storm – so much so that Collins Dictionary picked NFT as the word of the year in 2021. It defines a NFT as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain tha...
Deferred examination: Patent strategy or business necessity?
17 January 2022With fierce competition growing, the explosion of patenting activity is visible in all patent jurisdictions. Every patent office lacks the infrastructure and examination capacity to deal with this exponential increase in the filing of patent applicat...
In the matter of a trademark application by Health & Happiness Hong Kong Limited, and opposition the...
17 January 2022The application mark was used in relation to a communications enterprise that provided tailor-made services, including advertising and marketing. The opponent’s core business is in “Monster Energy” brand energy drinks, and is a leader in the beverage...
India’s IP Experts
17 January 2022We reveal India's leading IP Experts
When should you rebrand?
17 January 2022The Facebook-to-Meta rebranding rocked the tech world in October 2021. Spurred by perhaps the biggest of all big-name rebranding in recent memory, Espie Angelica A. de Leon asked lawyers from around the region when a company should rebrand.
New IP trends in culture and the arts
17 January 2022IP protection is critical to sustaining a flourishing creative economy. Excel V. Dyquiangco examines how copyright law, licensing and NFTs can help artists and others protect their work, while also generating revenue from it.
PH had 2nd biggest share of female applicants for international patents among 74 countries in 2021
16 March 2022What qualities do women have that make them valuable inventors and patent right owners?
Platform shuts down after musicians call out site for selling NFTs of their artworks without consent
04 March 2022“We started the conversation and we’re listening.” These words have been greeting visitors to the non-fungible token (NFT) platform HitPiece after Auckland bass player and music producer Jacob Park discovered an album artwork featuring his face b...
China joins Hague System to make international design protection easier
28 February 2022China officially submitted the accession documents to join the Hague System, as well as to join the Marrakesh Treaty, to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) when director general Daren Tang visited the country to attend the opening of...
China Bans Copyright Deals
24 February 2022Digital music platforms are not permitted to establish exclusive copyright agreements unless there are specific conditions, according to China's copyright administration, which is cracking down on monopolistic activity in the country's private sector
Asia IP’s editorial team reveals India’s top IP firms, practices
30 November 2021And the winners of the 2021 Asia IP India Awards are...