Chinese copyright body raps Kuaishou for IP infringements ahead of stock market listing A Chinese copyright association has asked Kuaishou Technology to delete 10,000 videos it said infringes intellectual property rules, days before the online short-video firm is set to list its shares in Hong Kong this week. Volkswagen plans to challenge Google with own autonomous car software Volkswagen plans to develop most of the software needed for autonomous cars in-house, the head of the German carmaker’s luxury unit Audi said on Tuesday. Trade secret: what are ‘appropriate’ secrecy measures? Anyone who wants to assert his or her rights…

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EU removes Philippines from priority watchlist The European Union (EU) has removed the Philippines in its list of countries with weak intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement Philippines out of European Union’s priority watch list on counterfeiting The European Union (EU) removed the Philippines from its priority watch list of countries concerning counterfeiting and piracy Key Takeaways from MWE International Seminar Intellectual Property Session – January 2020 On January 21 and 22, 2020, the 8th annual McDermott International Seminars took place in Osaka and Tokyo. These seminars focused on cross-border M&A, GDPR, intellectual property, global enforcement, and other key…

WIPO ties up with PH for intellectual property support The Philippines and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance the use of intellectual property in the country to support its national development agenda. PHL rises 3 notches in 2019 intellectual property rights list THE Philippines improved its ranking by three notches in the 2019 edition of an index that evaluates the initiatives undertaken by countries in protecting intellectual-property (IP) rights.