South-East Asia

On 11 September 2020, the EU-funded project IP Key South-East Asia (SEA) launched the #YourHealthisPriceless campaign to encourage consumers to buy pharmaceutical products from verified sellers and/or legitimate sources and to be careful when being approached by counterfeiters in online and offline environments. The campaign calls for the audience to share their experiences of counterfeit pharmaceutical products on their social media profiles and provide relevant information on the danger of counterfeit products from this sector.

Between 19-26 October 2020, IP Key SEA organised a series of webinars on ‘IP Offices and the Future of IP Governance in South-East Asia’. The virtual conferences featured six South-East Asian IP offices, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

IP Fair is an event organized annually by the Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand (DIP). In 2020, the event took place on 15 and 16 September at Centara Grand Hotel at Central Ladprao, Bangkok. The two-day event aimed to celebrate innovations from IP-intensive industries, strengthen the cooperation between the DIP and the partner agencies, and share best practices and knowledge with businesses and the right owners.

Virtual conference on Modern Copyright Protection Systems organized by IP Key SEA took place on 8 and 9 September 2020 with special attention to the online environment's aspects. The two-day event includes presentations by EU and international Copyright Experts and national presentations by copyright policy officials from South-East Asian countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.