INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROTECTION IN CAMBODIA

An Industrial Design is protected under the Law on Patents, Utility Model Certificates and Industrial Designs dated 22 January 2003. An industrial design in Cambodia means “any composition of lines or colours or any three-dimensional form, or any material, whether or not associated with lines or colors”. For an industrial design to be protected in Cambodia, it must be “new” or “novel”. An industrial design is considered new “if it has not been disclosed to the public, anywhere in the world, prior to the filing date or the priority date”. In addition, an industrial design in Cambodia must “give a...

08 June

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INVENTIONS & UTILITY MODELS IN CAMBODIA

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Utility Model Certificates are, similarly to patents, intellectual property rights that protect the technical aspects of inventions. The Cambodia Patent Law defines utility models as any invention which is new and industrially applicable and may be, or may relate to, a product or process. Thus, unlike patented inventions, utility models do not need to involve an inventive step. This is the key difference between utility models and patented inventions; whereas utility models may be obvious to a person skilled in the art, patented inventions may not....

08 June

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GUIDANCE FOR REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN VIETNAM

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Requisite Information 1. Applicant: full name, address and nationality; 2. Inventor: full name, address and nationality; 3. Title of the claimed design; 4. Class of the claimed design according to the Locarno International Classification (if available); 5. Priority data: filing number, date and country (if applicable). ...

07 June

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INCENTIVES FOR PATENT FILING FOR FOREIGNERS IN VIETNAM

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In a common sense, “incentives for patent filing” may be construed as: (i) privileges under the governmental-level policy adopted to encourage/stimulate or attract applicants, especially foreign applicants, to file their patent applications in Vietnam; and/or (ii) supports or advantages which the competent authority gives to the applicants for the same purposes, among other things....

27 May

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Trademark Law Playing Catch-up with Artificial Intelligence?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact all aspects of how we live and currently is a subject of great debate. However, despite extensive press commentary on AI and its alleged revolutionary impact, its influence on our lives in the short term is likely to be relatively limited. As noted by the American researcher and futurist Roy Amara, “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” The long-term impact of AI on how consumers buy products and services and the knock-on impact on trademark law has often been...

18 May

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Validating Singapore patents in Laos

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Singapore granted patents have been recognized in Laos through a Memorandum of Cooperation, providing ease of patent protection and commercialisation in the two countries. We provide below some critical remarks on the matter for your reference....

14 May

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Validating Chinese patents in Cambodia

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Validation of a Chinese patent in Cambodia means the recognition, on request, of the effects of the Chinese patent in Cambodia, which shall allow the China valid patent to get quicker registered in Cambodia. We provide below some remarks on the matter for your reference....

14 May

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