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August 2021 | International Law Alerts | Intellectual Property

IPOPHL adopts EU trademark database, ensuring certainty and ease in application The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines' (IPOPHL) online trademark filing tool is now using the European Union's (EU) harmonized database of goods and services (HDB), currently the largest multilingual trademark classification database in the world. IPOPHL adopts new search techniques to ensure novelty of innovations Over 100 patent examiners from the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) were recently trained to keep in step with new search techniques adopted in certain scientific literature databases, ensuring the novelty of innovations approved for intellectual property (IP) protection by the…

August 2021 | International Law Alerts | Foreign Policy / Bilateral Relations

Taliban surprised by speed of its takeover The Taliban did not expect to achieve its goals in Afghanistan so quickly, the head of the group’s political bureau in Qatar said Sunday Nations unite to aid fleeing Afghans With the Taliban takeover of Kabul on Aug. 15, thousands of Afghans rushed to the airport in the capital with hopes of catching planes to western countries. Hong Kong won’t accept vaccination cards from PH The Hong Kong government will not accept vaccination cards of travelers coming from the Philippines, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a Twitter post on…

August 2021 | International Law Alerts | European Union

EU urges all major economies to raise climate goals by November summit The European Union's top diplomat on Thursday, August 12, called on the world's biggest economies to set tougher climate targets – including a commitment to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions – in time for a global climate summit in November. EU set to launch formal probe into Nvidia's takeover of Arm The European Union is set to launch a formal competition probe into Nvidia's planned $54 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm early next month, the Financial Times reported on Friday, August 27, citing two people with…

August 2021 | International Law Alerts | Cybersecurity

Hackers shut down system for booking COVID-19 shots in Italy's Lazio region Hackers have attacked and shut down the IT systems of the company that manages COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region surrounding Rome, the regional government said on Sunday, August 1. Kaseya ransomware attack sets off race to hack service providers – researchers A ransomware attack in July that paralyzed as many as 1,500 organizations by compromising tech-management software from a company called Kaseya has set off a race among criminals looking for similar vulnerabilities, cyber security experts said. Education sector one of those hardest hit by ransomware…

August 2021 | International Law Alerts | Cryptocurrency/ E-Commerce

DTI urges MSMEs to adopt digital transformation The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to embrace digital transformation amid the “new normal”. Bank raises budget for digital solutions for PH operations Philippine authorities’ bid to further digitalize financial transactions in the country has been supported by the Bank of China Manila (BOC), which recently partnered with Bancnet for its digital transformation move. QR PH to address interoperability issue in digital transactions A financial institution executive has cited the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) bid to address payments system interoperability, a major challenge…

August 2021 | International Law Alerts | Biotechnology/Technology

S4CP bill must be given priority: DOST exec An official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Thursday said the Science for Change Program (S4CP) must be a priority bill, as this would provide guaranteed funding for research and development (R&D) and establishment of niche centers Ilagan City to fabricate hybrid road train Ilagan City in Isabela province will soon fabricate the Department of Science Technology (DOST)-developed Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT), and use this as an alternative mode of transportation. PH to further develop MedTech industry An official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on…

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