A recent survey conducted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an eye-opener for innovators, indicating that while the global content market has grown to US$2.4 trillion, the number of specialised mechanisms for resolving B2B digital IP disputes have not caught up to market needs.
More than 60% of 1,000 participants (65% claimants and 45% defendants) from 129 countries wer
No Time To Die is the 25th entry in the James Bond movie franchise, and like every 007 flick made by Eon Productions since this debonair spy appeared on the silver screen in 1962, it features the iconic James Bond theme. You can probably hear it in your head right now — “the one with the dum-dee-dee-DUM-dum surf guitar line and the walloping orchestral charts dripping with danger”, as Chicago Trib
In a digital world, where economic value is created before products are manufactured and before services are executed, the value of IP should get much greater emphasis than is currently the case. Ironically, this is often least appreciated by the innovators who create this value, especially when they pitch their ideas to prospective clients and investors.
The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, known as AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle), is the world’s leading non-profit association dedicated to the development and improvement of laws for IP protection.
Based in Switzerland, it has over 8,000 members from 131 countries, and works to promote the protection
A creative who specialises in illustrations and animation, Tienny The has been fascinated with visual and narrative storytelling since she was a child. “From a very young age, I enjoyed drawing and creating stories whenever ideas inspired and spurred my imagination,” she shares.
To turn this interest into a career, she entered Lasalle College of the Arts to train in Animation Art. She later ear
With a lifestyle-centric focus and a palpable lack of toxic arguments, image-sharing platform Pinterest is a favourite for social-media users who like to spend their Internet time browsing and curating visual inspirations rather than having fraught conversations.
It turns out, however, that even Pinterest isn’t drama-free. Former blogger Christine Martinez has sued Pinterest co-founders Ben Si
The latest viral sensation from streaming platform Netflix is South Korean series Squid Game, and it has taken the world by storm. A mere 11 days after the show was released on September 17, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos went on the record about its blockbuster numbers, stating that it had become the platform’s biggest non-English language show in the world, and could very well turn out to be Netf
Content theft is common phenomena in social media, and it is not uncommon for influencers with large followings to take content from less popular creators without permission.
Shristi Das, an Indian Instagram influencer with over 142,000 followers, creates different characters with unique voices. She was extremely annoyed when a famous TV actor with half a million Instagram followers used her v
It wasn’t that long ago that China had an unflattering reputation for being a copier of intellectual property. But that perception has been changing fast as the country’s economy has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade. Along the way, many of its technological innovations from social media to payments platforms have been ahead of the global curve.
And now, going by the recently rele
The following article by Erwin V. Zamorawas was first published here by Bengzon Negre Untalan (BNU), a Philippines-based law firm focused on the practice of intellectual property law. It is re-published here with BNU's permission.
In 2011, Fredco Manufacturing Corporation (Fredco) filed before the Bureau of Legal Affairs of the Philippine Intellectual Property Office a Petition for Cancellatio
The annual Met Gala is a signature fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. Celebrities who attend always dress to impress, and this year, one of the most talked-about outfits was worn by politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Popularly known as AOC, she is the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, and made her debut at the
It’s been a busy month for actor, writer and director Michaela Coel. In September, she won her first Emmy for writing the limited series I May Destroy You, and released her first book, Misfits: A Personal Manifesto.
Both the series and the book are related to the way this talented UK creative views the issue of intellectual property. When she started to pitch the idea for I May Destroy Youin 2
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