Doing Business in Myanmar: Part 1 – Challenges & Opportunities

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Your IP Insider has been on the road recently, in fact, it’s been more of a voyage of discovery…. The subject? Myanmar.

shutterstock_71051062Political and civil unrest have kept this country in almost complete isolation for decades but with the success of the National League for Democracy in by-elections held in 2012, Myanmar is gradually opening its market to the outside world. We’re going to describe the considerations for doing business in Myanmar in a mini-series of posts starting with part 1 today: The economic situation and challenges & opportunities for European businesses. Continue reading “Doing Business in Myanmar: Part 1 – Challenges & Opportunities” »

Don’t miss our November and December Free Webinars

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networkA bit of shameless plugging here guys, as we wouldn’t want you to miss out on our upcoming free Helpdesk webinars in November and December.  So check out the following dates and subjects and hopefully they’ll be of interest to you:

From China IPR “IPR Model Cases: Part of the Long Journey Towards IPR Case Law With ‘Chinese Characteristics’?”

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In late October China’s highest court, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), released a list of eight model cases (dianxing anli典型案例).   The list is a collection of important cases that suggest the direction of the focus and scope of the court and also signals new trends in its decision making process. The cases listed have wide-ranging implications on protecting trade secrets, unfair competition, trade marks, patents and infringement of the manufacturing process.   China IPR has great synopses of the cases and provides some spot-on analysis here.

Enforcing Your Rights in China

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copyright_lockThe intellectual property rights (IPR) available in China are very similar to those available in Europe. Assuming you have registered your IP and found it being infringed then you will want to enforce it.  How might you find out your products have been infringed? Your customers might tell you about competing products, you might find infringements for sale on the internet, you might see infringing products at a trade fair etc… Continue reading “Enforcing Your Rights in China” »

A Step in the Right Direction for Copyright in the Philippines

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flagsRecently, The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) took a significant step forward in the protection of copyright. It was announced that the Bureau of Copyright will be established by early next year to strengthen copyright protection.

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