The Indonesian Government, on 15 February 2007 issued the Government Regulation No. 19 Year 2007 amending Regulation No. 75 Year 2005 concerning Tariff of Non-Tax National Income at the Department of Law and Human Rights. The Regulation comes into effect within 30 days from the date of issuance of the said regulation. Therefore, starting from […]
India - Are We TRIPs Compliant Yet?
In last five years, the Indian parliament has amended the patent law twice. Despite the government's efforts to make the patent law compliant with the TRIPs Agreement, the international community's qualms about India's patent law remains unchanged. The debate on TRIPs compliance is heating up again since the publication of a report on various patent […]
India - A Case Study on Copyright
In Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd v Indian Performing Rights Society 2007 (34) PTC 174 (Cal), Radio Today Broadcasting, the petitioners, plan to run a radio station through the FM band with the name Radio Today. They applied for a licence from the central government and also secured a provisional licence. The petitioners' intent is to […]
Malaysia - SAP obtains Interlocutory Injunction in Copyright Case
In the case of SAP (M) Sdn Bhd & Anor v I World HRM Net Sdn Bhd [2006] 2 MLJ 678 an application for an interlocutory injunction was made by SAP, the German software company, and its local exclusive distributor after they had sued the defendants for copyright infringement. The defendants had an individual end […]
Singapore Copyright Update - Fees for Computerised Music
The Recording Industry Performance Singapore (RIPS) has recently decided that nightclubs and restaurant must from now on pay up an annual fee for a licence that will allow them to play music stored in computerised systems. RIPS is the licensing arm of the Record Industry Association of Singapore (Rias) which is a non-profit association representing […]
Kingdom of Nepal Joins Berne Convention
The provisions of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works came into force on January 11, 2006 in Nepal. The Copyright Act 2059 B.S. (enacted in 2002) had already incorporated the provisions of the Berne Convention related to copyrights and intellectual property rights protection. This Convention adopted at Berne in 1886 […]
New IP Law In Vietnam
A new Intellectual Property Law has been enacted and adopted by the National Assembly in Vietnam on the 19th of November 2005. This new law will be effective on the 1st of July 2006. There are 6 parts in this new law, divided in 18 chapters to comprise a total of 226 articles. Part 1, […]
Vietnam Gearing Towards The World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Vietnam filed an application to join the WTO in early 1995 as part of its Doi Moi policy to shift the Vietnam economy from centrally planned economy into a market economy. However, this South East Asian country has yet to be accepted into the WTO. Prior to 1995, the Vietnamese Intellectual Property (IP) protection system […]
Vietnam Joins WTO - Moving Forward
After having been accepted by the Vietnam National Assembly on November 2005, the new Vietnamese Intellectual Property Law came into force on 1 July 2006. The enactment of the Law on Intellectual Property improves the efficiency of intellectual property rights, and contributes to the completion of Vietnamese legal systems. All the Intellectual Property regulations which […]
Infringement In Indonesia - Enforcement by Criminal Action
Indonesia today faces major challenges in respect counterfeiting and infringement, as it is a widespread problem here affecting every area of industry from drugs to electronic products and from CDs to garments. As an example, in the pharmaceutical industry, around 20-30% of the drugs sold in Indonesia are thought to be counterfeit. The Indonesian government […]