1. Malaysia - More Aussie-Malaysia Ventures To Tackle Asean Market Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called for more companies from the Australia to join venture with the local companies in effort to explore the potentiality of the Asean market…Read More.  Adapted from the source hosted at Bernama 

2. Singapore - Crospon Licenses HP Technology to Create Industry-first Skin PatchHP and Crospon have announced that they licensed an agreement upon drugs which enables painless and controlled several release of drugs in a single patch applied to the skin…Read More. Adapted from the source hosted at HardwareZone

3. Thailand - May Override Patents on Some Cancer DrugsThe Thailand of Government will impose compulsory licenses on four drugs on the giant pharmaceutical, Novartis, Sanofi-Aventis and Roche if the negotiation of lowering the price failed. The drugs are hard to access as they are quite expensive…Read MoreAdapted from the source hosted at Matria Health 

4. Philippines - Anti-Piracy Drive Nets Over $103.5 Million Worth of Fake Goods The Philippines government has managed to startle the piracy plots by seizing over $103.5 million worth of fake goods. Approximately 600 cases of IP crimes are pending throughout the Philippine’s courts… Read More Adapted from the source hosted at AHN  

5. Vietnam - Doesn’t have good trademarks for its riceVietnam as the second largest rice exporter in the world but yet having good trademarks for its rice. Prof Dr Vo Tong Xuan, Rector of An Giang University, has headed a group of 6 Vietnamese scientists to assist the country’s farmers in growing rice. Mr. Xuan believes that it is necessary to expand the export market but without neglecting the current local domestic market with more than 80 million people… Read MoreAdapted from the source hosted at VietnamNet