International Intellectual Property and the ASEAN Way Pathways to Interoperability

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is actively seeking ways for member countries to enhance their individual economic development within the context of overall regional advancement. Central to this is the creation of a regional intellectual property framework. This book examines the efforts to move beyond sovereign protections of intellectual property rights and establish meaningful inter-state cooperation on intellectual property issues. Rather than aim for IP harmonization, ASEAN recognizes its internal diversity and pursues an agenda of 'IP Interoperability'. The essays in this collection examine the unique dynamics of 'interoperability', analyzing the administration of intellectual property in a part of the world that is of increasing importance. The book enables the reader to compare and contrast the ASEAN model to other approaches in regional cooperation, such as Europe and Latin America, and also explores private international law as a potential vehicle for interoperability.

Part I. IP Interoperability and the ASEAN Way: Introduction Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng and Graeme W. Austin; 1. Intellectual property interoperability in ASEAN and beyond: an integration model Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng; 2. WIPO experience in integrating IP systems in light of plurilateral and regional agreements Denis Croze; 3. ASEAN Model for IP Protection of Cultural Heritage: lesson learned from the Indonesian experience Agus Sardjono; 4. Trademark protection in Myanmar: current issues and future directions Khin Mar Yee; 5. Trademark system in ASEAN and beyond: Cambodia's experience and future direction Sokheng Sim, Sovath Phin and Zanetti Giulio; Part II. IP Interoperability and Judicial Processes: Introduction Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng and Graeme W. Austin; 6. Singapore's intellectual property dispute resolution experience and ASEAN interoperability Mark Lim, See Tho Sok Yee and Diyanah Binte Baharudin; 7. Challenges in IP enforcement in the ASEAN economic integration Ricardo Blancaflor; 8. Co-operation and conflicts: the promises of private international law Graeme W. Austin; 9. IP remedies across borders Richard Garnett; Part III. IP Interoperability at the Administrative/Legislative Level: Introduction Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng and Graeme W. Austin; 10. ASEAN copyright model: experiences and proposals from Thailand Pisawat Sukonthapan; 11. Regional notification and registration system of Geographical Indication: ASEAN's perspective Lê Thi Thu Ha and Delphine Marie-Vivien; 12. Challenges for protection and administration of intellectual property: Thailand's perspective Jakkrit Kuanpoth; 13. Connectivity, interoperability and regional integration of the ASEAN trademarks and designs systems Ignacio De Medrano Caballero; 14. Proposal for a PAN-ASEAN trademark registration: a case for the practical application of the inter-operability principle Soh Kar Liang and Chew Phye Keat; Part IV. Beyond Interoperability: Introduction Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng and Graeme W. Austin; 15. OHIM trademark convergence program: an ASEAN context Annette Kur; 16. Developing a common patent system: lessons from the EU experience Reto Hilty and Roberto Romandini; 17. Integration in intellectual property in Latin America Carlos Adrián Garaventa and Pablo Wegbrait; Part V. Special Section – ASEAN Intellectual Property Matrix: Introduction Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng and Graeme W. Austin; 18. ASEAN IP matrix ASEAN Intellectual Property Association.

Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng is Deputy Chairwoman and Director of the Intellectual Property Unit at the Centre for Law and Business, and Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore's Law School. She was appointed amicus curiae by the Singapore Court of Appeal on IP matters and is an IP Adjudicator of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. She is a Barrister-at-law of Middle Temple (England) and Advocate and Solicitor (Supreme Court, Singapore). A Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society, she was a consultant of the World Intellectual Property Organization (Switzerland).
Graeme W. Austin is Professor of Law at Melbourne University with a joint appointment as Chair of Private Law at Victoria University of Wellington. He is co-author of the pathbreaking text, Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Mapping the Global Interface (Cambridge, 2011). Before returning to Australasia in 2011, he was the J. Byron McCormick Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, where he convened the intellectual property programme. He is a former Member of the New Zealand Copyright Tribunal.