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The e-commerce market in China is one of the fastest growing in the world. The boom in Chinese e-commerce has been dramatic and exponential. During the Chinese annual Singles Day shopping frenzy in 2018, the world's biggest 24-hour shopping event, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba hit a record US$30.7 billion in orders.

The PD-1 antibody patent litigation, globally filed in Japan, the United States and Europe, came to an end with a settlement.

The Malaysian Competition Act 2010 (CA) which has been in force for the last six years prohibits anti-competitive and abusive practices which would have an effect on competition in any market in Malaysia, irrespective of whether the commercial activity was carried out within or outside Malaysia.

Mexico is a nation made up of diverse cultures supported by its indigenous people. The population that is considered indigenous represents 21.5% of the total population of the country.

When inventions/designs are disclosed to the public by one of the inventors/designers or applicants, a one year grace period is available in Korea for patent, utility model, and design applications.

Declaratory judgment (DJ) actions, used by alleged infringers as pre-emptive measures to solve trade mark disputes, are still in the development stage in Taiwan. According to our research, up to the end of September 2018, trade mark infringement disputes have generated less than 20 DJs by the Taiwan IP Court since its inception in July 2008. It is against this background that the two trade mark DJs the IP Court recently rendered, both of landmark importance, attracted widespread attention from the local IP community. In the Bullsone decision, the IP Court delineated a two-pronged test for determining whether a prerequisite for filing a trade mark DJ action is met. The Vitalon decision, on the other hand, marks the first win of alleged infringers in DJ actions on the basis of trade mark dissimilarity, and the issue of trade mark owners' burden of proof in DJ actions was also brought to the foreground.

In recent years, advances in technology have created changes in the manner in which consumers interact with copyrighted works. These changes have resulted in a significant increase in copyright infringement online. In response to these changes and the increase in online copyright infringement, Thailand promulgated modifications to the Thai Copyright Act. In addition, the Thai government proposed additional modifications to the Thai Copyright Act.

Inês Monteiro Alves and João Pereira Cabral of Inventa International examine the reasons behind the setting up of ARIPO as well as its functions, composition, relationship to other agreements and benefits

Counsel at Lacoste, Chanel, Swarovski and Furla talked about what they look for in external counsel, clearance, mitigating infringement risk, what and when to register and enforcement at MARQUES

The past two years have seen some fundamental changes to patent, utility model and design law in Russia. Eugene Arievich and Yuri Pylnev review how they are working in practice