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A foreign company interested in setting its trade or production operation in the Brazilian market, will need to transfer its technology, by grantin...
Every businesses have trade secrets and protecting them is in their interest. However, at the same time, there are usually situations whereby it ...
If you are an Intellectual Property (IP) lawyer, then you can click away. This article is meant for laymen.If you are an IP lawyer and you still re...
This new rule is essential to read for those who work with US trademarks. It has just been highlighted to me by one of our associates in the United...
Here we want to highlight the importance of the so called “grace period”, which is provided for in some jurisdictions.The question we often face is...
This post is intended to highlight an interesting aspect or feature of Intellectual Property law to those who are uninitiated in the subject, and t...
IntroductionEven though owners of intellectual property (IP) rights have exclusive rights of exploitation, the liberty to exercise such rights may ...
Sattar Buksh - Parody or the Dilution of Trademark?“Starbucks and ‘Sattar Buksh’ is no mystery — mainly because it is a deliberate marketing tact...
Trademarks and the associated reputation, synonymously known as brand names, are considered an important asset of any business entity. Normally, co...
Statue of Liberty was originally sculpted by Fredric August Bartholdi and copyright registration number 9939-G was issued to it in year 1876. Curre...
Enforcement of copyrights against retailers as well as end-users will soon be demised, in my opinion.In September 2016, the Delhi High Court in Ind...
It is rather seldom for medium-sized German, Austrian or Swiss companies to succeed in Asia. Our article “Think again please: Why lose Money in Asi...
China’s new Advertising Law came to effect on September 1, 2015. With a number of significant modifications, the revised Advertising Law imposes ...
For many times, our Singapore firm keeps encountering the same situation of the local branch director of a European company, usually a German, make...
Yesterday, the European Court of Justice (CJEU or ECJ) gave judgment in McFadden (C-484-14) in regards to the liability for user copyright infringe...
What is Customs IPR EnforcementCustoms IPR Enforcement refers to the measures taken by the Customs according to law against the import and export...
When applying to register trademarks in China, e-commerce platforms are generally advised to cover both class 35 and class 42. From the perspec...
If you work with software patents, you surely have encountered issues pertaining to absolute patentability criteria.For more than two decades, I wo...
Here is an interview (36 minutes) with Alan Greenspan of June 2016. There are two interviews, one of 27.06.206 (until minute 19:20) and a second in...
The Indian Patent Office has introduced E-filing of patent services way back in 2007 in order to ease the process of filing. Manual filing required...
