Recommended reading: Comment on revised draft TRAB rules

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A quick recommendation here for those eagerly anticipating the reforms of trademark legislation in China. Our fellow bloggers, China IPR, have posted some interesting observations on the new rules of Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) that are currently up for public consultation.

The TRAB will be a key institutional mechanism in IPR cases for foreign and domestic firms, for instance determining the form of evidence that can be used in IP cases. Thus any changes here may have big effects for future IPR enforcement in China.

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Myanmar: New trade mark law coming soon!

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Flag_of_Myanmar_svgMyanmar has taken its first real steps towards establishing a concrete system of protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The country’s trade mark Law is now being drafted and reviewed, and is due to take effect during the first quarter of 2014. The Myanmar Intellectual Property Office will also be set up and will soon be able to accept and register applications for trade mark registration. Looking ahead, regional ASEAN IPR SME Helpdesk Expert Darani Vachanavuttivong suggests that these developments will assure foreign investors in the country that their brands will now receive trade mark protection in line with international standards. To read more about Darani’s commentary on Myanmar’s emerging IP regime and practical information about the registration process, click here.

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Doing business in Myanmar: Part 2 – Practicalities and IP rights

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shutterstock_71051062In part one of this very mini series Your IP Insider investigated the challenges and opportunities for doing business in Myanmar. It’s here in case you missed it but today we’re revealing the key practical and intellectual property right (IPR) considerations for you as well as some conclusions….

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Indonesia: registration for .id domain names NOW Open!

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The latest on Indonesian Internet domain names courtesy of our expert Mariana Maia of Thomsen Trampedach!

On Monday 20th January the operator of the Indonesian top-level domain .ID, Perkumpulan Pengelola Nama Domain Internet Indonesia (PANDI), opened registration for second-level domains under the .id domain (such as asean.id).  Second-level domain names are seen as more attractive because they are shorter and easier to type (compared to asean.co.id, for instance), thus brands operating in Indonesia will be keen to register for increased visibility and protection of their biz online.

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Due Diligence in China – Back to Basics

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Due Diligence PicWe welcome old time collaborators and office neighbours the EU SME Centre, as one of our new blog contributors! Here’s their first blog post on due diligence in China:

European companies, both large and small, tend to be familiar with exercising due diligence, i.e. the checks performed to assess a potential business partner’s trust- and creditworthiness. With more than 24 million small and medium Enterprises (SMEs) active in the 28 Member States,  dealing with each other on a daily basis, and over one quarter of those SMEs active internationally (importing, exporting, or both), one might assume that European SMEs are well prepared to venture into the Chinese market., However, this is commonly not the case; doing business in China for the first time is likely to be different to any other experiences a European company has had for a number of reasons.

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