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Young-Sun Jung and Minji Ryan Kim of FirstLaw evaluate Korea’s increasingly pro-patentee IP system, analysing updates to the law relating to the calculation of damages, burden of proof and patent invalidation

The minimum requirements for securing a filing date (and priority date) of a Malaysian patent application to be issued by the Malaysian IP Office (MyIPO) are: a) the name and address of the applicant(s), b) the name and address of the inventor(s), c) a patent specification comprising a description, claims and any necessary drawings; and d) the country and filing date of any earlier application whose priority is claimed. It is preferable, although not essential, to file the following additional information and documents with the initial application; e) the serial number of any priority application and the symbol of the International Patent Classification (IPC) allocated to it (if available), f) the state of incorporation/nationality of the applicant; g) an abstract of the invention; h) an Appointment of Agent form signed by the applicant and i) if the applicant is not the inventor, a statement explaining how the applicant derives its right to the patent from the inventor(s), normally by virtue of assignment, employment or any other agreement.

Despite facing unprecedented e-commerce challenges stemming from COVID-19, brand owners have at least one reliable weapon in their armoury – Section 337 at the ITC, say Ben Horton and Kelley Gordon of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun

Zhifei An, Jian Zhang and Xiaoming Zhang of Liu Shen & Associates evaluate the impact of the IoT on data ownership, its relationship to blockchain, why the IoT is vulnerable to enforcement actions from NPEs and the race to patent technologies in this area

Economic and legal reforms are driving harmonisation within and beyond the ASEAN region, with big implications for IP owners. James Nurton, Stephy Tang and Natalie Rahhal introduce a year-long series of articles

After 25 years on the judiciary, ruling on blockbuster cases including Apple v Samsung, the judge gives insight into the demands of her part-time role – and how she feels when overturned on appeal

Industry sources at the Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extension conference in Munich question the practical details of unitary SPCs, including granting procedure, enforcement, and judicial review

Lawyers say bulk discounts for filings across multiple classes and a uniform approach to early-stage assessments will aid IP owners

Sources from Fluke, Conair and Spectrum Brands discuss how likely Amazon’s new partnership is to succeed based on the success of past projects

Erick Robinson of Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig examines three underused patent strategies for companies, including those in the US, to succeed in China