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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.

The new IP Code came into force on January 10 2017 in Turkey. One of the major changes in the new IP Code is a non-use defence in opposition proceedings.

As the date of the UK's exit from the EU approaches, and given the proposed mirroring of registered EU rights on the UK Register but not pending applications, it is now particularly relevant to consider filing a UK application alongside any EU applications.

In Royal Chain Inc. v Mansur Gavriel LLC, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) evaluated whether a likelihood of confusion existed between marks sharing a common surname for complementary fashion products.

In Vietnam, granted patents can be amended in limited circumstances under provisions found in the Law on Intellectual Property (IP Law). For example, Article 97 of the IP Law gives the patent owner the right, among other things, to request rectification of errors made by the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) in the granted patent.

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

A sudden influx of new players with standard essential patents into the automotive market is causing conflict between automotive companies and their driverless-car suppliers over who should take a licence in the supply chain

A sudden influx of new players with standard essential patents into the automotive market is causing conflict between automotive companies and their driverless-car suppliers over who should take a licence in the supply chain