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Won’t Download a Car? Let’s Try: “Piracy Turns Teenagers Into Gambling Addicts”

TorrentFreak

Delivered via TV, radio and the internet, public service announcements enlighten the masses on topics seemingly so complex, they’re only fully understood by the few. Whether events unfolding in South Korea will dampen local demand remains to be seen, but the narrative playing out on national news could hardly be worse for pirate sites.

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DHS/HSI Assist Korea to Arrest Operator of “World’s Largest Manga & Webtoon” Site

TorrentFreak

On December 1, 2023, an interesting piece of news began to gain traction in South Korea and beyond. On December 19, 2023, South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the culmination of a major online piracy investigation and a significant arrest. With Assistance from U.S.

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EPO consults on patent grace periods (again)

The IPKat

In South Korea, for example, the national KR filing has to be filed within 12 months of the disclosure. Grace periods and UK trade negotiations The topic of patent grace periods have more recently raised its head in the context of the UK's post-Brexit international trade negotiations ( IPKat ).

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Cambodia and its RCEP Accession

IP and Legal Filings

Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand are Asean members as well as FTA partners. Now, by November 2019, all involved nations hope to have a pact finalised and signed. Image Source: Shutterstock].

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

However, given the recent developments in favor of extending design patent protection to metaverses in other Asian countries including Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, Chinese right holders have started filing design patents to protect digital creations which may include NFTS and metaverses.

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

IP Tech Blog

We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog. In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Are they protectable by design patents? Overview of current legislation in China. Article 2.4

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

LexBlog IP

We have specifically covered this topic in a previous blog. In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Are they protectable by design patents? Overview of current legislation in China. Article 2.4