Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

An Australian small business has struck the first blow in a multi-stage trade mark dispute with the artist Eminem. The case highlights Australia's strict requirements for authorised trade mark use, ownership, control and licensing, with implications for overseas brand owners.

2026年6月26日，十四届全国人大常委会第二十三次会议表决通过新修订的《中华人民共和国商标法》（以下简称“2026年修订版《商标法》”）。新法共9章87条，将于2027年1月1日起施行。

Ambush marketing allows businesses to associate with major events without paying sponsorship fees, but where does creative advertising cross into legal liability? Thailand's trademark, consumer protection, and advertising laws create a complex framework that determines when event-themed campaigns become actionable infringement, deception, or wrongful exploitation of commercial goodwill.

China's Supreme People's Court has established a groundbreaking precedent in pharmaceutical patent law, ruling that therapeutic effects comparable to drugs approved after a patent's filing date...

Many companies lose their China IP before they think they have anything to lose. They start with a promising product, a working prototype, a successful crowdfunding campaign, or a major customer waiting.

In intellectual property strategy, the most consequential decisions are often not what a company chooses to patent, but what it deliberately chooses not to patent. Modern innovation ecosystems generate far more technical output than any organisation can economically prosecute through the patent system. Engineering teams iterate continuously. Manufacturing operations accumulate incremental process improvements. Software systems evolve through constant optimisation.

South Korea has announced an expansion of its international anti-piracy efforts, strengthening cooperation with Interpol, US Homeland Security, and Southeast Asian authorities to combat transnational digital piracy operations. The initiative marks a strategic shift from website takedowns to targeting the individuals, infrastructure, and organized networks behind unauthorized content distribution, particularly as demand for Korean entertainment continues to grow globally.

Sound recording law is a combination of copyright, contract, privacy and new technology regulation. The law on sound recordings has undergone a major change due to the evolving music market and technological developments that have accelerated over the years. This article discusses the legal framework of IP rights in sound recordings as provided by the Copyright Act, 1957 with a special focus on ownership, assignment, licensing, and commercial exploitation of IP rights in sound recordings.

This comprehensive newsletter examines landmark intellectual property decisions from Q2 2026, spanning trade mark disputes over deceptive similarity and prior use...

2026年6月26日，十四届全国人大常委会第二十三次会议表决通过新修订的《中华人民共和国商标法》（以下简称“2026年修订版《商标法》”）。新法共9章87条，将于2027年1月1日起施行。

China's Supreme People's Court has established a groundbreaking precedent in pharmaceutical patent law, ruling that therapeutic effects comparable to drugs approved after a patent's filing date...

2026世界デジタル経済大会の「知的財産が支える新質生産力発展フォーラム」でこのほど、北京・天津・河北の検察機関は「知的財産検察協同職務遂行メカニズム」を発表した。