Intellectual property
Indonesia to combat product piracy and counterfeits with new protection framework
Southeast Asia’s largest economy Indonesia is striving to develop an efficient and effectively enforced intellectual property (IP) ecosystem to stop rampant piracy and counterfeit...
Hollywood directors plan movie about Thailand’s cave rescue drama
Hollywood movie director Jon M. Chu, best known for movies such as the Step Up series, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Jem and the...
US removes Philippines from copyright blacklist
The US has removed the Philippines from its blacklist of countries which do not properly protect US copyrights and patents, the US Trade Representative...
Myanmar plans tech innovation center
Myanmar is planning to set up a technology and innovation support center (TISC) to strengthen its intellectual property sector, which is expected to play...
Apple pays for stolen Thai news content
Technology giant Apple Inc has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money in a copyright infringement case that involved five smartpone applications using...
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar: No need for copyrights
Three ASEAN countries for the coming 8 years will not have to bother about intellectual property rights. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on June...
Intellectual property rights remain an unresolved issue
Intellectual property laws are still weak throughout Southeast Asia, despite some countries stepping up measures for better protection of trademarks and patents. However, counterfeit goods seem to remain an ever-thriving industry.
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...