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Amendments to Hong Kong’s Trade Marks Ordinance paves the way for Madrid Protocol
The Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 was gazetted on June 19, 2020. While the Amendment does not introduce any
Court decisions highlight challenges using copyright to protect designs in Denmark
Two eagerly-awaited decisions from the Danish courts serve as a reminder that registered design rights offer greater protection over
How to fast track patent applications in China through prioritised patent examination
Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia’s patent team in Beijing looks at how applicants can streamline the examination of certain
Upcoming amendments to China’s Copyright Law
Long-awaited amendments to China’s Copyright Law introduce punitive damages for the first time, provide greater powers to the authorities
Brands must take extra caution against counterfeits during Covid-19 pandemic
Enhanced online brand protection and anti-counterfeiting measures are needed due to the current pandemic: as demand from e-commerce consumers
Danish outerwear brand Rains wins court battle against Zara
This case concerns whether three raincoats produced and marketed by Zara infringed on two raincoats from Rains, the Long
China becomes top international patent filer
China filed 58,990 applications through WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System last year, ending the US’s stronghold on the
Punitive damages case appears in list of top 10 IP cases from China’s Supreme People’s Court
On April 21, 2020, China’s Supreme People’s Court released a list of the top 10 intellectual property law cases
Clarifying the patentability of medical use inventions in China
At the end of 2019, the new Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged. It has gone on to infect millions of people
EPO rules plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes not patentable
It has been clear that essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals are explicitly excluded from