IP Newsletter by SE Asia IPO Attaché Network (Late Apr 2024 Issue)
Headlines in this newsletter:
Indonesia - Indonesia’s IP E-filing System; Indonesia and South Korea Establish Patent Prosecution Highway; Proposed Amendments to Indonesia’s Industrial Design Law; Revised Patent Fees; Protection of Traditional Knowledge.
Myanmar - Effective Date for Industrial Design Law and Copyright Law; Industrial Design Law Now Adopted; Voluntary Registration of Copyrights and Related Rights Accepted; Industrial Design Registrations Accepted.
Philippines - Rules and regulations on the rights of sound performers and producers of sound recordings; Site Blocking Rules; Patent & Design Updates.
Singapore - New Disclosure Framework Aims to Help Companies Improve Transparency Around Intangible Assets; Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the Saudi Authority for IP (SAIP) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS); Move to the regulation of collective management organisations; First successful mediation under WIPO-Singapore ASEAN Mediation Programme.
Thailand - Department of IP of Thailand’s recent announcement; Bill to amend the Geographical Indications Protection Act; Patent & Design Updates; Aligning with the WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty.
Vietnam - New Circular Provides Additional Guidance on Vietnam’s IP Law; Announcement Regarding the Publication of Trademark Application Information.
IPO Highlights - Meet the Board: Director of Business and International Policy, Ben Llewellyn-Jones; Ten years of the IP attaché network in SE Asia; Extension of public performance rights to foreign nationals; Pilot scheme to cap costs in patent cases; The government’s work on music streaming; Social media influencers and counterfeit goods; 'Choose Safe not Fake' campaign targets beauty and hygiene counterfeits; Mickey’s adventure into the public domain; Autonomous vehicles and IP: how one UK business is driving change.
IPO Reports - The race to net zero: Tracking the green industrial revolution through IP; Report launched into UK's IP-backed finance landscape.
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