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South-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Patent Protection in Vietnam

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Mech Eng 2Today’s post continues our series on core IPR protection in Vietnam with an introduction to patents, their application, the practical benefits of registration, and some tips and tricks to speed up the application in Vietnam.

Patents are essential to any innovator or applicator of technologies, particularly within the manufacturing and electronics sectors. Due to their more technical nature, application procedures are usually much longer than for other IPRs, but a successful registration grants the rights holder the exclusive control over the production, sale, and import/export of the product, thus representing a huge potential competitive advantage.

If you have any questions relating to patents for your company in Southeast Asia, get in touch with our experts today for free, tailored advice.

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South-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Trade Secrets in Vietnam

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ConfidentialContinuing our Vietnam IPR month, today’s post covers the protection of trade secrets in Vietnam.

Remember, trade secrets are only protected as long as they remain outside of the public domain, so the best way to protect them is to limit the availability of the information, and who has access.

If you have any questions about protecting your company’s trade secrets in Vietnam, or indeed anywhere in Southeast Asia,  It’s no secret that our expert’s tailored advice is provided completely free of charge. So get in touch today, and our experts can point you in the right direction.

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Be IProtected: Cecile’s story – Part 1

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Cecile manages a small European enterprise designing state of the art, environmentally friendly and beautifully designed public sanitation solutions. This month, we had a chance to discuss the company’s future plans and IP protection strategy with her.

Cecile first heard about the China IPR SME Helpdesk and its services when she attended one of our events during the 2014 Mission for Growth in Chengdu, China. She was interested to hear how to protect her company’s brand and designs in the Chinese market at this initial stage of her company’s internationalisation.

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Industry Special: Chinese IPRs for GNSS Technologies

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shutterstock_245934913Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are essential for the operation of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Location Based Services (LBS) which we take for granted every day.

We use these systems every day, whether we’re looking for the nearest Starbucks on our smartphone, tracking package deliveries online, or using our GPS to get to the family Christmas gathering on time.

This article gives an outline of the IPRs relevant to all forms of GNSS tech, from chipsets to application software, which are essential to any company looking to exploit China’s ever expanding GNSS market.

If you have any further questions however, don’t hesitate to get in touch with one of our Helpdesk experts, for free, tailored advice to suit your needs.

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South-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Registered Designs in Singapore

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RegisteredToday’s South-East Asia IPR Series post is our last IPR basics post for Singapore and focuses on the protection of registered designs.

Registered design rights provide a crucial element of protection for goods which rely on a specific shape, configuration, pattern, or ornamentation as a key selling point. Singapore provides comprehensive protection for registered designs, including protection for intangible computer or device based designs such as those for Graphical User Interfaces.

As always, if you have any further questions regarding the information contained in this article, don’t hesitate to get in touch with one of our IP experts for free, tailored advice!

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