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Editha Hechanova of Hechanova Group provides a summary of a series of changes proposed by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines and notes that one provision may lead to different interpretations

As businesses increasingly attempt to derive tangible value from legacy intellectual property assets, Emma Green of Bird & Bird provides a guide to the primary questions that should be addressed

Evangelia Sioumala of Patrinos & Kilimiris reports on the rejection of a trademark application on absolute grounds because it was considered to contain a word of high symbolic importance

Authored by Natalia Thawe and Anita Nador, with contributions by Matt Hervey (UK), Alexis Augustin (France), Vivian Wei Cheng (Singapore) and Vivian Desmonts (China).

At the beginning of the year, the mixed law firm BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is strengthening its team with a new patent attorney. Oliver Tarvenkorn will work in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and physics at the Düsseldorf and Bielefeld offices.

Trademark applicants in China whose applications have been refused in examination will often seek to oppose, invalidate or cancel cited trademarks while simultaneously pursuing a review of the refusal as part of the examination process. If the examination process continues without suspension, applicants are compelled to assert their rights through legal procedures, including appeals before Chinese courts, or by filing fresh applications.

While a 3D trade mark registration of labels and/or packaging used in relation to products sold in the Kenyan market should provide the owner thereof with sufficient intellectual property (IP) protection, owners may add a further layer of IP protection in the labels through copyright in terms of the Copyright Act, 2001 (the Act).

Leo Patent Law Office proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Amin Katouzian as the Lead AI Specialist, bringing his expertise in AI algorithm development and machine learning applications to the firm's distinguished team.

Global top 100 law firm Gowling WLG is further accelerating its growth in Germany.

Gowling WLG is excited to introduce the launch of the UPCalculator™, our newly developed cost calculator designed to quickly determine whether a Unitary Patent (UP) will be more cost effective than traditional national validations.

Minnan (Miranda) Xie of Wanhuida Intellectual Property provides a guide to drafting patent applications in the burgeoning area of personalised medicine and companion diagnostics, thereby avoiding the ineligibility pitfall and ensuring adequate protection

Khin Myo Myo Aye, Khin Yadanar Htay, and Yuwadee Thean-ngarm of Tilleke & Gibbins provide a guide to Myanmar’s new copyright regulations and are encouraged by the ‘remarkable’ recent developments