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The Patent Act 2013 requires claims of a patent to be "supported by the matter disclosed in the complete specification". This wording is a change from "fair basis" in the Patents Act 1953.

HALAL is usually seen on the packaging of some food products and on signs of some establishments. Halal is a religious matter and is dealt with by Islamic religious organisations. Halal (also spelt hallal or halaal) refers to what is permissible or lawful in traditional Islamic law. Halal certification by accredited entities guarantees that the product has passed international standards from preparation to packaging and handling. It has become a seal that the products comply with Islamic dietary requirements or Islamic lifestyle and for quality, cleanliness and health standards.

A trade mark registration No 570712 was obtained by a Russian R-line company in relation to goods in Class 12 and services in Class 36. Volkswagen AG appealed against the registration of that trade mark.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has launched the ASEAN Patentscope making up-to-date online ASEAN patent data available to patent search firms, patent attorneys and innovators seeking to commercialise their innovations in the ASEAN region.

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.