During the EUIPO IP Mediation Conference 2019, the EUIPO Boards of Appeal, the EUIPO International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department, IP Key SEA, and SEA national IP office representatives met for the cooperation meeting. IP Key SEA had been working on the outcomes of the meeting and organised the South-East Asia IP Mediation Workshop on 27 May and 18 June 2020.

Throughout the year 2020, the IP Key SEA legal experts will collaborate with the trade mark officials of the three offices, namely the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of Indonesia (DGIP), the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), and the Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand (DIP) in drafting and reviewing examination guidelines at the national level.

On the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April 2020, IP Key South-East Asia (SEA) project extends its support to innovators and creators who embark on the green journey and supports the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) Thailand in the organization of the DIP Photography Contest under the theme ‘Innovate for a Green Future’, defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

World IP Day is commemorated every 26 April. This year, in cooperation with the Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk, IP Key Latin America has launched a campaign to help you identify which Intellectual Property Rights suit your business best, and how it can help you move past the crisis, grow and expand. For a few weeks, IP Key Latin America and the Latin America IPR SE Helpdesk will bring daily information about different types of Intellectual Property Rights:

On 11 September 2020, copyright and IP officials from the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) of Thailand met with EU copyright and related rights experts in a virtual technical meeting and exchanged thoughts on the ongoing copyright law reform in Thailand. The meeting was organised to continue providing technical support for the country’s efforts enhancing its copyright protection and enforcement regime.