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Intellectual property

Asean Business

Can Vietnam’s small-business backbone survive a compliance squeeze – all at once?

Stalls in a counterfeit goods market still appear to be doing a brisk trade.
Asean Business

Vietnam touts IP crackdown results after US launches new probe

Hanoi's Ninh Hiep is among about 30 “notorious markets” worldwide identified by the USTR in its latest annual report on counterfeiting and piracy.
International

‘Business as usual’: Fakes, piracy thrive in Vietnam as US tariff deadline nears

Vietnam's market surveillance units under the trade ministry will intensify checks on counterfeit goods, with a focus on industrial property rights and trademark infringement.
Asean Business

Hanoi orders 20% surge in IP enforcement cases in May after US warning

In a judgment delivered on March 13, the registrar dismissed Puma’s opposition, finding that the brand marks are more dissimilar than similar and that there is no likelihood of consumer confusion.
Consumer & Healthcare

Puma fails to block registration of Tiger Woods-backed Sun Day Red trademark in Singapore

India is the first major market to see a flood of copycat semaglutide medications.
Consumer & Healthcare

Low-cost Ozempic copies launch in India as Novo Nordisk’s patent expires

Super Micro is a major assembler of AI servers containing Nvidia’s cutting-edge components.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Super Micro co-founder charged with sending AI tech to China

Reddio's mark, which includes a stylised device resembling a radio or robot face, suggested a more technical or functional form of communication, according to the IP adjudicator.
Telcos, Media & Tech

US social media giant Reddit fails to block Singapore firm’s ‘Reddio’ trademark registration

Jason Loh, founder and CEO of Piece Future, says: "The whole platform empowers (startups) with their first IP, and then they can use it as a seed or foundation to grow and build their company.”
Lifestyle
TAKING HEART

Singapore-based Piece Future helps startups leverage unused patents

Luckin, a coffee chain, successfully sued a business in Thailand that had opened cafes under the same name with an almost identical logo.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

China once stole foreign ideas. Now it wants to protect its own

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