Asia Pacific
Thailand unveils measures for ‘Year of IP Protection’
Officials signal a dramatic step change in the country’s handling of infringement, in major push to exit the US Priority Watch List...  »
Special IP centres aim to facilitate India’s distinctiveness
Planned units will drum up support for geographical indications, in push to ensure that makers of goods with regional ties yield greater benefits from their efforts...  »
Australian law change puts patent attorneys in privileged class
In legal disputes in Australia, certain circumstances give rise to confidential documents being subject to production. But, in the context of IP law and patent attorney communications, those circumsta....  »
Is .xxx already a spent force for adult domains?
Content watchdog’s research shows that most online providers of risqué entertainment are still occupying the .com landscape, ignoring the specialist suffix created in 2011...  »
ICANN to review WhoIs system for domain registrations
Key resource for assisting the investigation of IP abuse set for an overhaul, following internal report’s claim that the current format is ‘broken’...  »
Change of pace
China is filing patents at an exceptional rate, but this creates difficulties as well as opportunities. Silvia Marchetti finds out how Yaochun Jiang, general manager and founding partner of Guangdong ....  »
Fuel for thought
As technologies develop for the next generation of vehicles, Jo Russell meets Yuichiro Kawamura, general manager of Honda’s intellectual property division, to find out how patents could help decide....  »
Microsoft bans Xbox users over Halo 4 piracy
Consoles give technology corporation clues about IP abuse of its most important games release this year...  »
WIPO director calls for worldwide system of IP rules to quell ‘patent wars’
In a keynote address, Dr Francis Gurry suggests a solution to IP challenges posed by global markets...  »
Pressure mounts on ICANN to tighten trademark protection in new domains landscape
Coalition of major brand owners calls for reassurance on safeguards as internet registrations set to soar...  »