Asia Pacific
Jargon Buster: What is convergence?
The Jargon Buster tackles the issue of ‘convergence’. What does it mean and why are law firms doing it?...  »
WIPO’s new director general, Dr Francis Gurry, on the “technical mission of WIPO”
WIPO’s new director general, Dr Francis Gurry, has the unenviable task of leading the organisation into a new era of IP policy says Edward Fennell. Here, Gurry outlines his priorities and the challe....  »
Patents that have made a difference: Adrenalin
In our 'Patents that have made a difference' series, adrenalin stands out as having truly improved the practice of medicine, saving umpteen lives. ...  »
Chaplin copyright no laughing matter
The Tokyo District Court has ruled that the late film icon Charlie Chaplin still holds the copyright to his work until 2015. Two Tokyo-based DVD producers found guilty this week of violating the rig....  »
Taiwan quake caused the loss of 10,000 Internet domains
The China International Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced on Friday 5 January that about 10,000 .com Internet domain names were lost as a result of the disruption caused by the 26 Decembe....  »
YouTube comes under attack in Japan
Last week saw YouTube come into criticism with the Japanese entertainment industry for not being proactive enough in preventing copyright infringement. ...  »
China breaks .cn language deadlock
On 17 November, Liu Zhijiang, a director with the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) revealed that the organisation has co-operated with Microsoft to ensure that the software giant’....  »
China to showcase patent progress
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UK Lords could tilt software patent laws
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India now vast Domain on Web
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