INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COURTS IN THE SOUTHERN EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES

The necessity of establishing IP courts is one of the most important disputes in legal societies. This attitude has become more crucial among the southern East Asian countries. While Singapore concentrates on copyright issues, Japan and Korea, like European countries, pay more attention to the Industrial Property subjects. Under such circumstances not only judicial courts but also other courts are eligible to make appropriate decisions. In Iran, Bill of Commercial Procedure provides that every IP case should be heard by Commercial Court. However, it does not have any provision about Technical Advisors who are perfect in IP, and this could be considered as a shortcoming.