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Promoting Creativity and Innovation: The Amended IP Law of Viet Nam
Following the enactment of the Amended IP Law of Viet Nam, which took effect on 1 January 2023,…SEA Judicial Colloquium
The activity continues the project’s efforts to contribute to establishing a body of practice among…SEA Conference on Copyright and the Creative Industries
The activity is aimed at continuing to raise awareness on plant variety protection and the benefits…Trade Secrets in the EU and SEA
The activity entails the organisation of a webinar to promote awareness on trade secrets, focusing…Bilateral Workshops on the UPOV 1991 Act
This activity entails the organisation of workshops on UPOV 1991 to share technical and in-depth…Seminar on Plant Variety Rights and UPOV 1991
The activity is aimed at continuing to raise awareness on plant variety protection and the benefits…South-East Asia IP Mediation Workshop
This activity aims to contribute to the continued enhancement of the mediation services available…Other news
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
[...]Official visit of the Viet Nam IP Office to the EUIPO in Alicante, Spain
On Monday 11 December the senior management of the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam (IP Viet Nam) visited the premises of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain.
[...]Thailand joins DESIGNview
As of 07 December 2023, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) Ministry of Commerce Thailand has made its design data available to the DESIGNview search tool.
With DIP Thailand on board of DESIGNview, the tool now contains data from 77 participating offices.
[...]EMPACT is making impact on IP crime
The European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) is an integrated approach against organised and serious international crime in the EU.
[...]Meeting between the Executive Director of the EUIPO and the IPOPHL Director General Rowel S. Barba
In the margins of the 4th edition of the International Intellectual Property (IP) Mediation Conference which took place in Alicante from 19 to 20 October 2023, a bilateral meeting was organised between Executive Director Mr João Negrão and Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of t
[...]Europe Unveiled: A Feast for All the Senses
A journey through the Continent’s Geographical Indications [...]
Follow the money: disrupting ad revenue to combat IP rights infringement
Online piracy is big business, and so is advertising on piracy platforms.
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