Appeal Procedures in Vietnam for Industrial Design Rights In Place

On 19-20 December 2007, the National Intellectual Property Office (NOIP) of Vietnam in co-operation with the EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Co-operation Programme, ECAP II organised a two-day seminar in Hanoi. This comprehensive training with highlights on Opposition and Appeal Procedures on Trade Marks and Industrial Designs managed to gather about 100 participants of the Inspectorate […]

Protection Of Industrial Design In Indonesia

Regulations on Industrial Design Several International Agreements regulate the protection of Industrial Design, among others: The Paris Convention (ratified by the Indonesian Government through Presidential Decree No. 15 Year 1997), The TRIPs Agreement (ratified by the Indonesian Government through Law No. 7 Year 1994), The Hague Agreement (Indonesia became a member of this Agreement in […]

US-Indian IP Pact Boosts Cooperation

Bilateral trade between India and the US has increased exponentially over the past two decades, and gathered a full head of steam last year. In March 2006, US president Bush visited India for a meeting with prime minister Manmohan Singh on increased global partnership between the two nations. This was well received and very successful. […]

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 […]

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 […]