INSIGHTS

The case Exide India v Exide US brings into effect the perplexing issue of Trademark law . The dispute dates back to 1997 when the US...

Myanmar, also known as Burma, a least developed country in mainland South-East Asia, is still in its embryonic phase of Intellectual...

Comic book characters like Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Iron Man, Harry Potter etc. have become part of our daily lives ever since they...

With growing importance and widespread adoption of Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Ripple among many others,...

Freedom of panorama is a derived from German word Panoramafreiheit. It is the right of individual to publish photographs of the public...

Issue of infringement of architectural works requires understanding of protection of works when they are reproduced, distributed,...

Application of Mischief rule by Courts Mischief rule is pertains to interpretation of statutes, and is applied by Courts when there is a...

The Madrid Protocol is an international treaty which simplifies the procedure for international registration of trademarks by filing a...

The Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) is an office under EIDPMO and is responsible for the administration and registration of...

Introduction Infringement proceedings involve high costs of litigation in defending the same with the possibility that any temporary...

The Biological Diversity Act (the BD Act) was enacted with the goal to provide for conservation of Biological Diversity, sustainable use...

Introduction The global econoamy is trending towards an era of protectionism as can be seen from policies such as “Make America Great...

Introduction On August 9, 2017, the Allahabad Bench of National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”) admitted the insolvency application of...

For the past few years, the nation of Myanmar has been proactively working on the implementation of its first ever formal trademark law,...

European Patent Office (hereinafter “EPO”) had launched the Patent Prosecution Highway (hereinafter “PPH”) program on July 1 st , 2017...

On July 13, 2017 <1> , the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore was declared the winner of the Architecture Excellence Award in the...

Registered Design Act had originally been enacted in 2000 in Singapore. This act has gone through various amendments by formal and...

On May 4, 2017 <1> the Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia issued a regulation declaring a new online trademark registration...

The Government of Thailand has made several new amendments in their trademark act <1> , which have become effective on July 28 2016....

Today, the growth of global economy has become impossible without considering Intellectual Property. In Asia, Singapore is witnessing a...