Under Taiwan law, qualified “Hong Kong/Macau Residents” can obtain a Taiwan passport and ID Card without renouncing their Hong Kong/Macau status by investing at least NTD 6 million (~USD200,000) in a Taiwan company and meeting a residency requirement. READ MORE HERE
Protectionism is nothing new. Governments and companies have been engaging in it for time immemorial in order to support their own interests. What is new, is the global scale of […]
Read moreIntroduction & background China trademark can be anything but straight forward as Christian Laboutin’s long pursuit of a China trademark illustrates. The trademark in question, a distinctive red sole on equally distinctive shoes for women is a stand out in the crowd point of difference. The traverse through the China trademark regime began for Christian Laboutin when they sought, on April […]
Introduction & background Pets are popular in China Domestic pets have become an integral and much loved part of the life of many Chinese. Different types of animals and birds may be kept as pets, but cats and dogs have become extremely popular among city dwellers. A huge market has grown up to cater to […]
Joakim Hammarsjö from AWA, Ai-Leen Lim from AWA Asia, and Thomas Ewing, Martin Jansson and Henrik Olsson from AWA Strategy have been identified by the IAM Strategy 300 in the 2019 edition of the World’s Leading IP Strategists. The IAM Strategy 300 commented the following on IR Global Member Ai-Leen Lim: Ai-Leen Lim – AWA Asia Ai-Leen Lim “showcases exceptional commitment and a […]
AWA – a leading intellectual property consultancy firm is pleased to announce its expansion in Europe as intellectual property group Pronovem in Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands joins the AWA Group. As of today, the Pronovem offices in these jurisdictions become fully a part of the AWA Group, expanding AWA’s on-the-ground presence into three new […]
The past decade has seen a marked increase in effort from the international community to combat money laundering. As new opportunities to launder money have arisen, aided by technology and […]
Read moreWe are pleased to announce that Hai Liu will join AWA Asia as a Senior Patent Attorney. Hai is a China qualified patent attorney and brings over a decade of experience working with China patents to the team in Beijing. Educated in both China and the US, his technical experience and focus lie primarily within the life […]
The China National Intellectual Property Administration has published Draft Regulations in an effort to tackle bad-faith trademark applications. In this article, we take a closer look at the (i) Draft Regulations for Regulating the Application for the Registration of Trademarks, (ii) revisions to the PRC Trademark Law (wef November 1, 2019) and (iii) recently issued […]
QUESTION ONE – Which techniques are typically used by international counterparties in your experience to overcome challenges in the negotiation process? Successful China negotiations depend on a methodical approach, an acceptance that China is different, and reliance on experienced on-the-ground advice and support. It is common to hear a foreign party complaining about China. China […]
IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Ai-Leen Lim – the CEO and Principal Counsel of AWA Asia. Ai-Leen has joined IR as our exclusive IP Trademark & Copyright and IP – Patents Member in China. Part of the AWA Group (a full-service IP firm based in Europe), AWA Asia stands for a strong […]
Multi-national corporations will always have a wide range of different contracts in place at any one time, be they with contractors, suppliers, vendors, clients or intellectual property licensors, among other […]
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