According to the annual report on IP released by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on 20 April 2021, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been officially removed from the USA’s watch list due to the continued improvement this country has achieved by tackling IP enforcement issues. The annual report of USTR […]
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Essential aspects of commercial strategy: IP rights ownership, IP licensing, and IP sale or purchase
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Intellectual property (IP) is a valuable asset for any company, and it can be transferred. To put it another way, IP can be purchased or in-licensed, and your own IP can be sold or out-licensed. Is it possible to get a competitive edge by purchasing and licensing someone else’s intellectual property? IP ownership or a […]
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Trademark rights are a type of intellectual property that can be really advantageous to your company. It’s possible, nonetheless, that you can use a trademark’s corresponding rights without registering it. Consequently, this article will give some background information and outline the process for enforcing unregistered trademark rights. Unregistered Trade Mark Rights Trademarks act as distinctive […]
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You might be getting ready to start a new company in a foreign country or you might already have a strong brand established in your home country. In either case, protecting your brand internationally can be among the most worthwhile expenditures you can make if you plan to market your products or services to an […]
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What Patent Owners Should Know About The Unitary Patent And The Unified Patent Court
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Between the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, the Unified Patent Court (the “UPC”), which will have jurisdiction over most European patents, will begin operations. It has been a very long process, and it’s now included in the ‘Unitary Patent Package.’ The goal of this package is to provide unitary patent […]
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Patent registration in Serbia. Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Central and Southeast Europe. Serbia is an upper-middle-income economy, ranked 64th and “very high” in the Human Development Index domain. It is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, a member of the UN, CoE, OSCE, PfP, BSEC, CEFTA, AIIB, and is […]
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Patent registration in Scotland. Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Scotland has a Western-style open mixed economy closely linked with the rest of the UK and the wider world. Scotland was one of the industrial powerhouses of Europe from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards, being a world leader […]
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Patent registration in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. Saudi Arabia is considered both a regional and middle power. The Saudi economy is the largest in the Middle East and eighteenth-largest in the world. Saudi Arabia also has one of the world’s youngest populations. […]
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Patent registration in San Marino. San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a small country in Southern Europe enclaved by Italy. San Marino is a developed country. San Marino’s per capita GDP and standard of living are comparable to that of Italy. Key […]
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Patent registration in Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia is an island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. An educated workforce and improvements in roads, communications, water supply, sewerage, and port facilities have attracted foreign investment in tourism and in petroleum storage and transshipment in this […]
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A “sequence listing” is required in the invention description if a patent application includes any nucleotide or amino acid sequences. A list of biological sequences with specified terms for certain properties is called a sequence listing. This includes annotations, which are brief descriptions of each sequence. When no sequence listing has been provided for the […]
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Reduce Market Value Threshold for DSI to Investigate IP Infringement in Thailand
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The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Thailand has modified the requirements for taking cases under their jurisdiction, which considerably helps IP owners who seek to file a lawsuit before the DSI. The Notification of the Board of Special Cases (No. 8) B.E. 2565 (2022), issued on June 9 and taking effect the following day, reduced […]
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The majority of MENAP countries examine trademark applications by taking both absolute and relative grounds for rejection into account. To reduce the likelihood that their registration will be denied, prospective trademark registrants must fully comprehend these principles. Summary of absolute and relative grounds Absolute grounds for rejection are quite simple to understand. These typically include: […]
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The Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) will join the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) on July 1, 2022. In October of 2021, the Assembly of the PCT Union appointed the EAPO to this position. EAPO The EAPO, as an International Searching Authority, will make […]
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The China State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) published its 2022 Legislative Plan on April 26, 2022. The Plan outlines 69 legislative projects, comprising 14 laws and administrative regulations, as well as 55 departmental rules, with the majority of them dealing with food and drug safety, intellectual property, monopoly, trade secrets, and industry standardization. To […]
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Social media has never been as strong as right now, with the booming of technology, from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn to TikTok, Youtube, WhatsApp, etc. Nearly every single person in the world exposed to the Internet used at least some kind of social media. Social media has brought people around the world together, contributing to a […]
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The United States Trade Representative published Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection with a section on new Chinese IP Laws
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The US Trade Representative’s Office (“USTR”) published the 2022 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement on April 27. This year’s report is unique in that it includes a section dedicated to new Chinese intellectual property legislation and the USTR’s assessment of their enforcement. The Special 301 Report is an annual publication that […]
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Famous and well-known trademarks have increased in importance globally in recent years. They represent the right to stop parties from registering a mark that is similar to a “well-known or renowned” trademark without the consent of the brand owner. They don’t merely stop the registration of a third party’s identical or confusingly similar trademark. The […]
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All intellectual property rights, save copyright, are covered by the 2005-released Italian Industrial Property Code. The IPC had a major revision and received an Implementing Regulation five years later, in 2010. The Implementing Regulation has been improved with the most current decree No. 119, which went into effect in September 2021. With an emphasis on […]
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The Anti-Counterfeit (Recordation) Regulations were released in July 2021 by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade, and Enterprise Development. Regarding the import of goods bearing those intellectual property rights, the Regulations call for the recording of those rights with the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA). The Regulations make it simple for the ACA to identify the […]
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Patent registration in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country in the West Indies. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a twin-island federation whose economy is characterized by its dominant tourism, agriculture, and light manufacturing industries. St. Kitts and Nevis are heavily dependent […]
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Patent registration in Rwanda. Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley. The economy of Rwanda is based mostly on subsistence agriculture. Coffee and tea are the major cash crops for export. Tourism is a fast-growing sector and is now the country’s leading foreign exchange earner. Rwanda is […]
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Patent registration in Romania. Romania is a country at the confluence of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Romania is a developing country, with a high-income economy, ranking 49th in the Human Development Index. It has the world’s 45th largest economy by nominal GDP. Romania experienced rapid economic growth in the early 2000s; its economy is […]
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Patent registration in Russia. Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. Russia is a great power and is considered a potential superpower. It is ranked 52nd on the Human Development Index, with a universal healthcare system, and free university education. Russia’s economy is the world’s eleventh-largest by […]
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Patent registration in Qatar. Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. In the 21st century, Qatar emerged as a significant power in the Arab world through its resource wealth, as well as its globally expanding media […]