| Inspiration v. Infringement: Prada’s Kolhapuri Sandals and Scope of GI protection in India |
| Vaibhav Vutts and Vaibavi S G – Vutts & Associates LLP (India) |
| On June 22, 2025, during the Milan Fashion Week, luxury fashion house Prada unveiled its Spring/Summer 2026 menswear collection at the Deposito of the Fondazione Prada in Milan. While the event attracted significant attention from the global fashion community, … |
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| India’s IP Landscape- Growing by Leaps and Bounds! |
| Vikrant Rana – S.S.Rana & Co. (India) |
| With fast paced innovation, the IP landscape in India has witnessed a tremendous surge in the past few years. A recent news release by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of India, reports that IP filings in the last five years have increased by 44%. … |
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| Outline of IPR Border Measures in Japan |
| Noboru Taniguchi – Nishimura & Asahi (Japan) |
| IP rights holders can submit an application for suspension of the infringing goods at Customs in Japan, which is a kind of administrative procedure. This procedure is different from filing applications at the Japan Patent Office to obtain exclusive rights … |
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| Recent Developments in Thailand’s Geographical Indications (GI) Laws |
| Pavinee Bunyamissara and Saowanee Leewijitsin – SCL Nishimura & Asahi Limited (Thailand) |
| With the aim of promoting and encouraging product registration under geographical indications (GI) to enhance the country’s economic potential and align with the Soft Power policy, the Department of Intellectual Property of Thailand (DIP) has been continuously … |
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| Lawyer Representation is Mandatory for IP Civil Cases in Taiwan |
| Chung-Hua Wu – TIPLO Attorneys-at-Law (Taiwan) |
| A foreign-national claimant in a civil action in Taiwan, whether an individual or a juristic person seeking to enforce its IPR, will often ask its local counsel: If we prevail in this lawsuit, can we demand that the respondent reimburse us for the lawyer’s … |
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| Clarifying Evidence and Vicarious Liability in Software Copyright Infringement in Malaysia |
| Wendy Lee Wan Chieh – Shook Lin & Bok (Malaysia) |
| “But it was not me!” is a refrain familiar to many of us involved in intellectual property defence work when companies are hit with infringement lawsuits due to the actions of their employees. However, companies can be held vicariously liable if … |
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| Putting Your Best Method Forward: An Update on the Australian Position |
| Abrey Yeo and Catherine Winbanks, Spruson and Ferguson (Australia) |
| The Statutory Framework Australia remains one of the few jurisdictions with a statutory “best method” disclosure obligation where non-compliance is a stand-alone ground of invalidity. Although rarely raised during examination, it has been increasingly … |
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| Imminent implications of Gen-AI on Australian patent law & practice |
| Dr Simone Mitchell, Dr Nigel Lokan, Jaimie Wolbers and Dr Anna Goldys, MinterEllison (Australia) |
| As we experience the rapid rate of adoption of Generative-AI (“Gen-AI”), it is useful to consider some of the likely impacts of Gen-AI on patent law and practice. In this article, we discuss three areas of patent law and practice that Gen-AI is likely … |
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| The Future Direction for Patent Prosecution at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) – What Can We Expect in the Coming Years? |
| Desmond Tan, FPA Patent Attorneys; Aaron Koh, Davies Collison Cave (Singapore) |
| Current situation Between 2023 and 2025, the timelines for patent applications undergoing examination at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”) have, increasingly, been prolonged beyond typical durations due to delays within the examination … |
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| Korean Supreme Court Rules the Mark ‘LEGOCHEMPHARMA’ Risks Diluting the Distinctiveness of the Well-Known Mark ‘LEGO’ |
| Sunmi Lee, Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners (South Korea) |
| In a landmark decision for brand protection on November 16 2023, the Supreme Court of Korea recently invalidated the trademark “LEGOCHEMPHARMA” registered by a pharmaceutical company (the Supreme Court Case No. 2020Hu11943). This case marks the first … |
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| KIPO 2024 Statistics Show Record Patent Filing and Continued Upward Trend in Patent Allowance Rate |
| Se Hwan CHOI and Hokyun CHO, FirstLaw P.C. (South Korea) |
| The Korean Intellectual Property Office (“KIPO”) recently released its statistics on all intellectual property (“IP”) applications filed, examined and tried in 2024. The notable figures thereof are summarized below. IP Application Filings The … |
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| Trade Mark Infringement by Keyword Advertising in Singapore: East Coast Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd v Family Podiatry Centre Pte Ltd |
| Oh Pin-Ping & Marcus Hoh, Bird & Bird ATMD LLP (Singapore) |
| Keyword advertising refers to the purchase of terms (aka “keywords”) on online search engines like Google, in order to trigger the display of an advertisement for the advertiser’s goods or services in the search results when those terms are searched. … |
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