09/06/2008 (GMT+7) Police seized illegal software products VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will increase fines for intellectual property violations up to VND500 million or US$29,500. Violators may face criminal charges.
Ordinance 04/2008/UBTVQH12 will take effect on August 1, 2008. The new regulation raises the maximum fine for intellectual property violations to VND500 million.
Competent agencies recently issued a […]

Bandar Seri Begawan - The good days enjoyed by software pirates are numbered, as Microsoft (MS) legal team muscles up to take legal action against errant computer dealers or resellers who are selling illegal copies of Microsoft. This is in order to make a strong case against the sale of illegal copies of its products […]

Friday, June 06, 2008
In the past three months, The Manila Times has exalted science and technology by coming out with at least two special report series on the sector, and by starting a new column, entitled Prometheus Bound, which has a group of scientists as guest columnists writing in round-robin manner.
These reports recognize this sector […]

 Achmad Zen Umar Purba, Jakarta
This is certainly not a joke — unless data provided by the World Bank (WB) in Doing Business 2008 is incorrect.
In the book, the WB ranked Indonesia 123 of 178 countries in terms of doing business.
We are far behind Singapore, which ranked number 1. But this isn’t news. Or that we […]

April 24, 2008 19:24 PM
 

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama) — About 7,400 patent applications over the past five years have yet to be processed by the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO).
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said the backlog was due to the fact that every application needed quite some […]

By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 11:52:00 05/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines — Saying that patent applications provide a good indicator of the country’s technological innovation, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the Philippines urged local universities and research and development institutions to patent good ideas, and not be content in merely publishing them in academic papers.
Records of the IPO […]

05/22/2008 | 02:48 AM - MANILA, Philippines - The country needs more local patent applications to boost its image abroad as an economy capable of technological innovation.
More patent filings, which indicate sufficient knowledge and efficient enforcement of intellectual property rights, could increase the country’s chances of being removed from a United States watchlist for IPR […]

By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 09:12:00 05/23/2008
MAKATI CITY, Philippines — The best way to battle software pirates is to sustain educational activities targeting end-users, the newly named Philippine committee chair of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said in an interview with INQUIRER.net.
Celine Conti, who previously worked for Microsoft Malaysia for close to three years as anti-piracy […]

Rey E. Requejo
A LOCAL jeans manufacturer has lost the first round of a legal battle for the exclusive use of the “Harvard” name.
But Fredco Manufacturing Corp. has asked the appeals court to reject the Intellectual Property Office’s ruling canceling its registration for the exclusive use of the “Harvard” mark for goods under Class 25, or […]

By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 18:01:00 05/21/2008
 
MAKATI City, Philippines — The information technology (IT) industry is one of the top three industries in the world that has been filing for intellectual property rights protection, a senior officer of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said Wednesday at a forum here.
Jared Nyagua, WIPO senior program officer, said […]