Region-focused IP developments curated by the IIPLA newsroom, including policy shifts, litigation, brand disputes, patent activity, and enforcement updates.
Marking a historic shift since 1981, Korea and Japan transition from annual intellectual property exchanges to a continuous policy cooperation framework. The Korea Patent Attorneys Association and Japan’s Lawyers Society have established a joint working group to address critical IP issues including finance, disclosure…
A Tokyo District Court has sentenced a website owner to 18 months in prison and imposed a fine exceeding $6,000 for publishing spoiler-heavy posts containing extensive plot details and images from the films Godzilla Minus One and the anime series Overlord. The conviction, initiated by complaints from major Japanese co…
Genprex, Inc. has obtained favorable patent grants from the Japanese Patent Office and European Patent Office covering the use of its REQORSA gene therapy in combination with PD-L1 and PD-1 antibodies to treat cancer. These patents reinforce Genprex’s intellectual property rights in major markets and underpin its Accl…
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