27th January 2021, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the “Circular on Further Strictly Regulating Patent Applications” (关于进一步严格规范专利申请行为的通知, 国知发保字[2021]1号), which entered into force
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As the death toll from the coronavirus reaches nearly 2.1 million, countries around the world are racing to vaccinate their populations. Many countries have gone
Indonesia has made changes to its Law No. 11 Year 2020 on Jobs Creations or known as Omnibus Law as the President of the Republic
These few weeks a viral trademark issue has been flooding our social media feeds, this being the controversial filing of a Trademark for the name
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From September 30, 2020 to October 31, 2020, the Thai Department of Intellectual Property (“DIP”) had a public hearing on the draft amendment of the
In Philippines, a patent examination can be an extremely tedious process depending on the technology of the invention sought for protection. It may take 3
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LAO REFORMS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME On May 25, 2018, the new Law on Intellectual Property No. 38/NA, dated November 15, 2017, also known as the
Around month of June, 2020, the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (“MyIPO”) have addressed farmers or businessmen outside Perlis to not label their mangoes as
On 28 April 2020, the second edition of the ASEAN Common Guidelines for the Substantive Examination of Trade Marks was published on the ASEAN IP
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如果以1984年Chuck Hull申请的立体光刻专利为起始点，3D打印技术至今已经过了36年的发展。在36年的发展中，3D打印技术从早期的快速原型技术，逐渐成为一种生产制造技术，即增材制造。
3D打印又称增材制造、其特点的运用是采用数字化手段快速制造具有复杂结构的单件或小批量制品，使制品的生产在人们的家中也可实现。3D打印被誉为引领制造业未来发展的新兴力量，甚称颠覆制造技术领域的一次重大突破。
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A business name and/or logo is used in the course of trade to identify your goods/services offered. Once you’ve started to use the business name/logo,
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What Do You Get In This Handbook?
• Trademark Rules & Regulations in ASEAN
• Procedure of Filling Trademark in ASEAN
• Filling Trademark Requirements in ASEAN
• Documents To Be Furnished To Complete Trademark Application
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