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IP Analysts
The Use of Survey Evidence in Trademark Disputes
14 November 2017Survey evidence has traditionally been used in trademark infringement disputes to establish a likelihood of confusion. Over the years, survey evidence has also been relied upon by persons aggrieved by an entry on the Register to establish non-use of...
Accelerated Examination in the Philippines Through PPH Partnership with EPO
01 November 2017In recent years, the European Patent Office (EPO) has partnered with several domestic patent offices in Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programmes, with the aim of speeding up examination processes for corresponding applications filed in participati...
The Law Relating to Divisional Patent Applications – An Overview
20 October 2017Section 10 of the Indian Patents Act provides for the "Contents of a complete specification of a Patent Application," wherein sub-Section 5, it specifically provides the extent to "what can be claimed" as distinguished from "what is disclosed in the...
Recent Advances in the Indian Trademarks Office and the Way Forward
19 October 2017How has the Indian IP office modernized over the last year?
Post-Grant Amendments from Method of Treatment to Swiss-Style – The Singapore Position Clarified
19 October 2017This is a landmark patent case heard in the Singapore High Court by Justice George Wei.
Insights on Franchising: A Singapore Perspective
12 September 2017Singapore is a multiracial and a multicultural country that demands variety in all aspects of its marketplace. Recently, news of the imminent departure of bubble tea franchise Gong Cha from Singapore has directed attention towards a new beverage bran...
Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in India
12 September 2017The examination of computer related inventions (CRIs) in India has long been under controversy in view of the grey area that exists in the field of patenting of compute related inventions.
Parallel Imports Not to Exhaust Rights if Trademark Ownerships Differ Domestically and Abroad
12 September 2017The relationship between Trademark Ownership and Parallel Imports.
Tolins Directors Imprisoned for Taking a False Stand in Court
14 August 2017How can an Norwich Pharmacal order help you during litigation?
Singapore Trademark Invalidation Action is Big Boxing Bout
11 August 2017On January 26, 2005, Big Box Corporation Ptd Ltd (the Proprietor) secured registration for the trademark BIG BOX in Class 35 in Singapore, with respect to the following:...
Recent TIPO News Regarding Patents
01 June 2017How does the Taiwan-US MOU impact IP in Taiwan?
Watch for the Fox in Your Henhouse: Gig Companies At Risk
01 June 2017Intellectual property threats to companies participating in the gig economy may be greater than those experienced by traditional business. While this may seem self-evident to some, reflection on the matter confirms to the rest of us that the gig sect...
In Ratio & Obiter: Lessons from Liwayway Marketing Corporation v. Oishi Public Company Limited
01 June 2017Liwayway Marketing Corporation v. Oishi Public Company Limited involved an action for cancellation of trademarks on the ground of “non-use.” Over the years such actions have proven to be extremely effective in eliminating registered marks which had n...
International Trademarks: A Foreign Company’s Rights in the US
01 June 2017A company located outside of the United States – as an example, a company located in one of the European countries – may spend thousands of dollars developing its brand and goodwill in its home country. Eventually, such company may want to sell its g...
Singapore Patent Protection Examined in Car Crash Camera Case
31 May 2017The judgment in Lee Tat Cheng v Maka GPS Technologies Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 48 concerned an infringement action and an application for a declaration of infringement brought by Lee Tat Cheng (the plaintiff), proprietor of Singapore Patent No. 87785.