Guest Editorial

IP law is an integral area of the law for any society and indeedhas been part of the legal landscape in some western nationsfor centuries. Many jurisdictions in the east however have relativelyyoung IP regimes. Does youth mean immaturity? Surely not. Ifanything, many Asian jurisdictions have the opportunity to leap-frogthe sometimes obfuscated jurisprudence of the west reachingmore sensible conclusions. The uniqueness and importance of the IP landscape in Asia