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KENFOX attorneys meeting with colleagues from other IP firms at the AIPPI’s Congress in Boston
KENFOX attorneys meeting with colleagues from other IP firms at the AIPPI's Congress in Boston...
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02 August
6 benefits of registering a work for copyright protection in Vietnam – Why should a work be registered with Copyright Office of Vietnam?
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In conformity with Berne Convention, the IP Law of Vietnam also provides, under Article 6.1, that “Copyright shall arise at the moment a work is created and fixed in a certain material form, irrespective of its content, quality, form, mode and language and irrespective of whether or not such work has been published or registered”. The aforesaid legislation means that copyright registration is not a pre-requisite for entitlement of copyright protection and proceeding with legal actions. A work is automatically protected in Vietnam without having to register it with Vietnamese competent authority....
Continue reading 29 July
Acceleration of Granting Japanese Patent in Cambodia
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in IP Practice, Patent
Japan Patent Office (“JPO”) has made its great efforts to support the development of intellectual property systems in countries where overseas business development is initiated by Japanese companies....
Continue reading 17 July
6 điều cần lưu ý để ứng phó với cáo buộc xâm phạm sáng chế tại Việt Nam
Bạn đã bao giờ bị cáo buộc xâm phạm sáng chế khi đang vận hành các hoạt động sản xuất, kinh doanh tại Việt Nam? Sự lo lắng, hoang mang không biết làm gì để ứng phó với các cáo buộc xâm phạm sáng chế có thể khiến bạn nghĩ nhiều đến các viễn cảnh tiêu cực sắp xảy đến cho doanh nghiệp của mình: Hàng hóa được sản xuất/kinh doanh của bạn là trái phép và có thể bị bắt giữ trên thị trường hoặc tại cửa khẩu, doanh nghiệp của bạn bị khởi kiện yêu cầu bồi thường...
Continue reading 30 June
GUIDANCE FOR INVENTION/UTILITY SOLUTION APPLICATIONS IN VIETNAM
Requisite Information 1. Applicant: full name, address and nationality; 2. Inventor: full name, address and nationality; 3. Priority data: filing number, date and country (if applicable); 4. International filing data: filing and publishing number (as to PCT patent applications)....
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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...
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INVENTIONS & UTILITY MODELS IN CAMBODIA
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....
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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). ...
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INCENTIVES FOR PATENT FILING FOR FOREIGNERS IN VIETNAM
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....
Continue reading 18 May
Validating Singapore patents in Laos
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....
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