The Delhi High Court recently ruled that an employment agreement signed by a deceased inventor serves as a valid ‘Proof of Right’ document, overturning the Patent Office’s rejection. This decision in Nippon Steel Corporation v. Controller of Patents clarifies procedural requirements for corporate patent applicants. It emphasizes substance over hyper-technical form, in establishing ownership during […]
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INDIA’S IP ECOSYSTEM AT A TURNING POINT
The intellectual property (IP) environment in India is currently at a transformation stage. The system, previously known for being complex and manual, has, over the last ten years, significantly turned digital and innovation-oriented. Recent filing statistics and the Annual Report for 2024-25, published by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trademarks, and […]
ASEAN - Launch of Official Intellectual Property Register
On 20th August 2023, ASEAN, having collaborated with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), officially launched the ASEAN Intellectual Property Register (“ASEAN IP Register”). This ASEAN IP Register is intended to act as a consolidated one-stop information portal that allows IP professionals and interested parties to conduct trademark, patent, and design searches from all 10 […]
ASEAN: Emerging trends in Southeast Asia’s autonomous vehicle patent landscape
According to data by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Bank, there has been an unprecedented interest in Southeast Asia as a patent filing destination, with the percentage of applicants filing in the ASEAN member states increasing each year. However, the autonomous vehicle (AV) technology patent landscape in this region remains nascent, […]
Myanmar: New Patent Law
Myanmar’s Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 7/2019 (“Patent Law”) was approved on 11 March 2019; implementation is still pending. It follows the Trademark and Industrial Design Laws which were approved on 30 January 2019. Under the old patent registration system, Myanmar has no intellectual property laws or legal framework for filing and prosecuting patent applications. The […]