IP Key SEA joins Indonesia’s Year of Geographical Indications celebrations

This year has been designated the ‘Year of Geographical Indications’ by Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP), recognising the significance of geographical indications (GIs) for the economy, rural development and conservation of cultural heritage and traditional knowledg

Promoting Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications in Viet Nam

On 6 and 7 June 2024, the IP Key South-East Asia project and the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam co-organised a seminar entitled ‘Promoting Creativity and Innovation: The Intellectual Property Law of Viet Nam’ and an exhibition of EU and Vietnamese geographical indications.

Meeting between South-East Asian Judges and the IP Key SEA Team at the IP Case Law Conference (IPCLC) in Alicante

On 29 and 30 April 2024, IP Key SEA organised a meeting between the project team and eight judges and senior legal officials during the 5th EUIPO IP Case Law Conference (IPCLC) in Alic

EU-funded projects – Call for Expression of Interest for IP expertise – RELEASED

EUIPO has published a Call for Expression of Interest to compile a list of vendors interested in providing independent and

How Intellectual Property Contributes to Sustainability

Business is not only about profits. For many companies, the bottom line is not always the only concern, as they were created to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. Likewise, intellectual property (IP) is not only about commerce.

Trade Secrets in the EU and South-East Asia

On 17  April 2024, IP Key SEA organised a webinar on trade secrets in the EU and South-East Asia (SEA), bringing together three experts from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the

SMEs and Intellectual Property: how to escape the middle-income trap

Talks about avoiding or escaping the middle-income trap are widespread around the world, not least in South-East Asia, where only two out of ten countries – Brunei and Singapore – are currently in the high-income bracket ([1]).

Viet Nam joins DESIGNview

As of 2 February 2024, the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) has made its industrial designs data available to the DESIGNview search tool.

With IP Viet Nam on board of DESIGNview, the tool now contains data from 76 participating offices.

What’s the best intellectual property (IP) strategy for South-East Asia?

The South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk, an initiative of the European Commission, supports SMEs in the European Union (EU) and the other countries of the Single Market Programm

IP Key SEA Publishes Third Annual Work Plan

The IP Key SEA project has published the third annual work plan (AWP) for its second phase, comprising 21 activities and covering areas of intellectual property (IP) rights that range from copyright to patents, trade marks and industria