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August 11, 2016
On July 28, 2016, proposed amendments to Indonesia’s Patent Law were passed. The amendments will come into effect on August 28, and will bring with them a raft of changes to clarify uncertainties in the existing law. In this article, we discuss the key changes to Indonesia’s Patent Law under the amendments.Exemptions from Pharmaceutical Patent InfringementA number of exemptions from pharmaceutical patent infringement have been introduced under the amendments, including:
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August 10, 2016
On July 1, 2016, the Vietnam government enacted with immediate effect Decree No. 73/2016/ND-CP guiding the Law on Insurance Business 2000, as amended in 2010 (Decree 73). Decree 73 replaces Decree No. 45/2007/ND-CP (and its amendments) and Decree No. 46/2007/ND-CP.Decree 73 introduces the following key changes to the reinsurance business in Vietnam:
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August 5, 2016
As part of the ASEAN Economic Community’s Harmonization Plan, ASEAN member states collectively agreed to accede to the Protocol on the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol), an existing system for the registration of trademarks.
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August 1, 2016
The Department of Industry and Commerce of Vientiane recently announced a requirement that business operators manufacturing products in Laos, or importing products from foreign countries into Laos, must use the Lao language for labels on all products and packaging sold in the Lao market. This requirement was announced because many business operators were unaware of a previous ordinance, which entered into force in January 2016, that imposed the same requirement.Under the requirement, the labels must include the following information in the Lao language:
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July 27, 2016
Online copyright infringement is a widespread problem. Infringing content that is uploaded to the Internet in one jurisdiction can be easily accessed from around the world. Internet service providers (ISPs) host and transmit vast amounts of data, and the sheer amount makes it impossible for ISPs to monitor all of the content that is uploaded. Consequently, it would be very difficult or almost impossible for ISPs to prevent copyright infringement completely.
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July 27, 2016
Free trade agreements (FTAs) provide a range of benefits to businesses. FTAs, which are agreed upon between two or more countries, allow companies in those countries to trade in certain goods with reduced or eliminated tariff rates. They can greatly reduce costs for businesses, and in turn, this allows companies to allocate more resources to other business functions such as research and development, marketing, and so on.
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July 22, 2016
The petroleum sector has seen a great deal of turbulence over the past two to three years, with the prices of Brent and West Texas Intermediate, the global oil benchmarks, falling from over USD 100 per barrel to less than USD 30, before recovering to around USD 45 in recent weeks. In Thailand, a new round of bidding for petroleum concessions was announced in 2014, only to be cancelled shortly afterward in anticipation of amendments to be made to the Petroleum Act and Petroleum Income Tax Act.
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