Mr. Thea Pheng, Partner at Abacus IP and External Expert of the South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk, presented on the different relevant IP aspects to the garment and fashion industry, as well as the current situation concerning IP protection, from the protection for fashion designs over branding and trademarks to patents for technical fabrics.
3. KICK-OFF
1. I can protect a product via only one type of IP right?
A. True, if the product is protected by a trade dress then it cannot be protected
via a trade mark as well.
B. False, using several layers of protection (if possible) is better.
C. I don’t know.
2. Copyright protection is expensive and the registration process is difficult in
Cambodia?
A. True
B. False
C. I don’t know
28. CLOSING
1. I can protect a product via only one type of IP right?
A. True, if the product is protected by a trade dress then it cannot be protected
via a trade mark as well.
B. False, using several layers of protection (if possible) is better.
C. I don’t know.
2. Copyright protection is expensive and the registration process is difficult in
Cambodia?
A. True
B. False
C. I don’t know