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Guest Editorial
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IP law is an integral area of the law for any society and indeed has been part of the legal landscape in some western nations for centuries. Many jurisdictions in the east however have relatively young IP regimes. Does youth mean immaturity? Surely not. If anything, many Asian jurisdictions have the opportunity to leap-frog the sometimes obfuscated jurisprudence of the west reaching more sensible conclusions.
The uniqueness and importance of the IP landscape in Asia