Intellectual property rights paving the way for innovation in Indonesia
Strengthening the intellectual property regime will bring innovation and foreign investment. A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operations and Development (OECD), ‘National Intellectual...
View ArticleAppearances do matter!
Intellectual property rights (IPR) infringements against consumer goods in China come mainly in the form of counterfeits. However, infringement is sometimes not so clear cut. Infringers may target the...
View ArticleSomething to wine about….
China’s taste for Western wine has taken-off dramatically in the last decade, with EU wine exports to China worth over 700 million Euros in 2012 – more than ten times the export value of 2006....
View ArticleAlibaba – Who is responsible for keeping out the counterfeits?
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is back in the news this week, but with less fanfare than its biggest-IPO-in-history success story back in September. It has been criticised in a report from the State...
View ArticleE-commerce Law in the works
The internet has become a popular and easy channel for product distribution around the world. It has created a marketplace of more than half a billion users in China, more than a third of the world’s...
View ArticleFood and Beverage Podcast with our expert Reinout Van Malenstein
It’s Friday and the first week of our industry spotlight month is drawing to a close. As a final treat for EU Food and Beverage SMEs we asked Mr Reinout Van Malenstein, IP lawyer and expert in Chinese...
View ArticleSouth-East Asia IPR Basics Series: IPR for the Mechanical and Electrical...
The mechanical and electrical engineering industries produce the components and products which carry us to and from work, power our phones, play our music, and facilitate every aspect of the modern...
View ArticleEspresso IP 5: Semiconductor topographies in the Philippines
Automation and robotics are going to change the future. But robots are nothing without the chips and processors that breathe life into them–and into any number of appliances, phones, and even...
View ArticleSouth-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Geographical Indications in Thailand
Today we’ll be looking into the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs) in Thailand. GIs are names or signs which identify goods as having a specific geographical origin, with the implication that...
View ArticleSouth-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Trade Secrets in Indonesia
In today’s South-East Asia IPR Basics article, we’ll be continuing our Indonesia series and looking into the rules, regulations and enforcement options for trade secrets in Indonesia. As always, if...
View ArticleSouth-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Malaysia, the ASEAN Economic Community,...
Malaysia is a South-East Asian nation consisting of sections on the Malay Peninsula and on the island of Borneo, with the South China Sea lying between them. Malaysia’s population of over 30 million...
View ArticleBack to the Basics Series: Protecting your IP at Trade Fairs in China
Trade fairs are an excellent opportunity for a business to showcase their new products and scout out business partners for manufacturing, promotion, and distribution. Unfortunately, in China these...
View ArticleIntellectual Property and Shandong’s Tech-driven Growth
Business continues to boom in Shandong, with manufacturing dominating the economy; in the past the province has been a cradle for some of China’s better known national champions, such as electronics...
View ArticleTop 3 IPR mistakes for SMEs in South-East Asia
A wide range of foreign industries are now looking to Southeast Asia not just to take advantage of an abundance of cheap labour for exportables, but also to tap into new consumer markets formed from a...
View ArticleThe ASEAN Economic Community and What it means for Intellectual Property
It is still common in the West to encounter confusion or lack of recognition of the ‘ASEAN’ acronym that groups the Southeast Asian nations. Not surprising really, given that there have been few...
View ArticleNew Developments in Vietnamese IP Regulations on Internet Domain Names
In today’s blog post we take a look at the recent developments in Vietnamese IP regulations concerning Internet Domain names and analyse the implications of these regulations to the European SMEs. On...
View ArticlePatent Protection in South-East Asia
With today’s blog post we continue our Back to the Basics theme and take a look at patent protection in South-East Asia. This blog post will explain the patent application process and discuss...
View ArticleHow to Protect Trade Secrets in China: a Case Study
More and more European companies are considering bringing their cutting-edge technology to China, as the market offers many promising opportunities for European high tech companies. However, despite...
View ArticleTerroir IPR Part 1: Geographical Indications and IP Protection for Your...
The wine industry is characterised by a wide variety of producers, often very much linked to specific grapes, blends and terrains. The European Union has put in place a system of Geographical...
View ArticlePatent Protection in Myanmar
Myanmar is an emerging market showing steady growth rates since the country set itself on a course of political liberalisation. Despite being one of the poorest ASEAN nations, the country’s economy...
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