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On 23 August 2023, the Vietnamese Government promulgated Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP ("Decree 65"), which provides guidelines for implementing specific aspects of the Vietnamese Intellectual Property (IP) Law 2022 ("2022 IP Law") on establishing and safeguarding industrial property rights (IPR).

Cambodia recently tightened its trademark procedures by restricting the filing of separate single-class applications for a mark covering multiple classes, and tightening the deadline for filing affidavits of use or non-use.

On August 23, 2023, the Vietnamese government issued Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of some articles of the 2022 Intellectual Property Law with respect to the establishment and protection of industrial property rights (“Decree 65”).

Trademarks are essential to every startup, thus every effort should be made to safeguard them from infringement of intellectual property rights or unauthorised use.

For the 2023-2024 edition, the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT) have collaborated to enhance and expand the European Prize for Women Innovators.

An important legal precedent pertaining to the sale of perfume testers in India is highlighted by the recent case of Coty Germany GmbH v. Xeryus Retail Private Limited in the Delhi High Court.

On June 29, 2023, Vietnam’s Minister of Finance issued Circular No. 44/2023/TT-BTC which reduces the collection rates for 36 fees and charges in the country from 10 to 50 percent.

This year saw the National Committee for Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) finalize a key draft IP policy 2023-28 for submission to the Council of Ministers, according to minister and NCIPR chairman Pan Sorasak.

Counterfeiting activities have been a global concern for many decades, and the problem has not yet gone away despite persistent efforts to suppress it.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced a call for applications for the WIPO Global Health Innovation Fellowships.

SEMARANG, 20 August 2023 – Today, ASEAN, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), launched the ASEAN Intellectual Property (IP) Register.

The research collaboration between the European Union (EU) and India is undergoing a process of evolution and development.

The Africa IP SME Helpdesk is organising a webinar entitled ‘Investing in Egypt: the role of intellectual property’.

With the aim to modernize court procedures, the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court ("CIPIT Court") has recently announced the new Rules for Intellectual Property and International Trade Cases B.E. 2566 (2023) ("Rules") to replace the old regulation established in 1997.

This video introduces the bilateral CoC role in helping SMEs settle in Mexico and their opinion on our free EU-funded services.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently launched a dashboard that provides valuable insights into the adoption and popularity of the Unitary Patent system, which was introduced on 1 June 2023.

In the last week before the summer break, we look at the Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-382/21 P and at the end of a trade mark dispute involving taco restaurant chains.

As was the case before with INPI Brazil, INAPI Chile has decided to follow the Brazilian path in order to reduce the patent process for green inventions by up to a third.

The emergence of new technologies and the digital age have presented unique challenges to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) especially in certain areas such as 3D printing, artificial intelligence and spatial computing.