[The Intern Interview] Kavinarasi Thavanendran
The KASS team recently welcomed Kavinarasi, an enthusiastic and resourceful intern from Malaysia!
Celebrating Female Ingenuity: Talented ASEAN Women Inventors
By Linh Nguyen Time flies, and World Intellectual Property Day – held annually on 26 April – is just around the corner. This year’s theme is “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity”.
[The Intern Interview] Danush Sinnan
The KASS team recently welcomed Danush Sinnan, an outgoing intern from New York!
[The Intern Interview] Lauren Bennardo
The KASS team recently welcomed Lauren Bennardo, an outgoing intern from Australia.
[The Intern Interview] Elana Szabo
The KASS team recently welcomed Elana Szabo, an enthusiastic intern from Australia.
Cool Influencers vs Cruel Infringers: Do KOLs have IP Rights?
By Kaarthic Balakrishnan I still remember the day I told my mom that my friends and I were going to shoot a short film and upload it on YouTube. It roughly sounded like “Ma, I am going to be a YouTube actor”, which got me a nice walloping. You might think this happened a few […]
Photographers vs Celebrities: Do Celebs Need Permission To Post Photos of Themselves on Social Media?
By Thein Thein Win Copyright protects the legal right of original creators to publish, reproduce, or sell their literary and artistic works. Others who intend to reproduce those works need to get permission from the owners. The great thing about copyright over other IP rights is that it is not compulsory to register to get protection […]
Lisa BLACKPINK’s Name Trademarked Globally: Why It Matters
By Saowanee Leewijitsin Mention “Lisa Blackpink” or “Lalisa Manobal” and it would be almost impossible to find anyone in Thailand or any self-respecting K-Pop fan who has not heard of her, one of four members of K-Pop girl group “BLACKPINK”, which has 33.4 million subscribers on YouTube to date. Due to Blackpink’s success and her […]
Claiming Trademark Rights to a Personal Name?
By P. Kandiah The whole world knows of Greta Thunberg from online, print and broadcast media. Greta Thunberg is a 17-year-old climate activist from Sweden. Her activities in the field of climate change have made her internationally well-known.