July 2008  
 

PINTAS IPOTENTIAL NEWSLETTER

"Your Intellectual Property Partners In Asean Countries"

July 2008 Issue  
 

PINTAS is a multi-disciplinary IP boutique firm based in Malaysia and Singapore with special focus on intellectual property services in Asian region. We specialise in providing professional services in securing, protecting, managing and commercially exploiting your Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).  

In This Issue:

  • Philippines: RP pledges special courts to fight intellectual piracy, counterfeiting
  • Vietnam: Conference looks at WTO’s impacts
  • Philippines: CA drops trademark infringement case filed by Jollibee
  • Thailand:  Activists hail Unitaid’s bid for more affordable treatment
  • Malaysia: 4 M’sians arrested in first cross-border movie piracy crackdown

 

1. Today News

i. Philippines: RP pledges special courts to fight intellectual piracy, counterfeiting

The Philippines on Thursday pledged to create a special court and law enforcement agency to combat rampant intellectual piracy and counterfeiting, the trade department said.....Read more

 ii. Vietnam: Conference looks at WTO’s impacts

A conference on the problems faced by Viet Nam one year after joining the World Trade Organisation opened in Ha Noi yesterday, co-organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the World Bank and Viet Nam’s post-WTO Co-operation Technical Programme...... Read more

iii. Philippines: CA drops trademark infringement case filed by Jollibee

MANILA, Philippines — You can’t order these shoes in Jollibee.Saying consumers were not likely to be confused by footwear with the “Jolilbee” mark, the Court of Appeals overturned its decision in 2007, which upheld the guilt and imprisonment of a businessman for violation of the intellectual property code........Read more

iv. Thailand:  Activists hail Unitaid’s bid for more affordable treatment

A fight for equal access to medicine by the government in imposing compulsory licensing on costly patented drugs last year has led to the establishment of a new principle in intellectual property rights (IPRs) that puts patients before profit......Read more

v. Malaysia: 4 M’sians arrested in first cross-border movie piracy crackdown

July 8, 2008 - FOUR Malaysians selling pirated movies to Singapore buyers have been nabbed in the first joint operation between law enforcement agencies from both sides of the Causeway against pirated movie syndicates.......Read more

 

 

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