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Tiejun Tang, Yuming Wang, and Jianhui Li of Wanhuida Intellectual Property discuss the evolving landscape in China around ‘offering for sale’, with reference to a high-profile Supreme People’s Court case involving a patented drug

Marco Stief of Maiwald explains a ruling by the Düsseldorf Regional Court in the matter NuCana v Gilead that establishes the subsidiarity of the objection of disproportionality with regard to a compulsory licensing action

Constantinos Kilimiris of Patrinos & Kilimiris explains why a ruling by the Athens First Instance Single Member Court is an important addition to the body of case law on the doctrine of equivalents

Godfrey Budeli of Adams & Adams explains the key points to consider as Kenya’s Anti-Counterfeit Authority imposes more stringent measures, in the second of a three-part podcast series

Zeynep Seda Alhas and Atahan Erkul of Gün + Partners explain a precedential ruling’s impact on brand owners seeking to obtain search and seizure warrants with regard to counterfeits

Licks Attorneys announced the promotion of two attorneys at law to partners

Masato Iida of Shiga International Patent Office calls for greater clarity in the Japanese patent linkage system in comparing it with US and Chinese practice

Zaheer Seedat of Von Seidels describes the recent developments in the inclusivity of Copyright Law in Africa

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law reports on a ruling by the Supreme Court of Korea that will make it easier to obtain polymorph patents of known chemicals in the country

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law reports on the Korean Supreme Court allowing a grace period to be claimed in a divisional application even if it was not claimed in the parent application

Loc Xuan Le and Duc Anh Tran of T&G Law Firm explain the issues that arise in relation to the assessment process in copyright disputes

Sukontip Jitmongkolthong and Saithong Rattana of Tilleke & Gibbins describe how Laos has improved its framework to enforce IP rights through border measures