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Singapore's Tobacco Plain Packaging Law: The Effect on Intellectual Property Rights
30 November 2018Singapore has announced the "plain packaging" law for tobacco products sold within the country form 2020 onwards. This means that the packaging of all tobacco products sold in Singapore will be stripped of colour, brand images and other promotional i...
Lights, Camera, Action! Laws Protecting Child and Animal Actors
13 November 2018Emma Watson, Macaulay Culkin, Lindsay Lohan, Drew Barrymore and Shirley Temple are all celebrities who were once known as child actors. Children are used for kids’ TV shows, adverts and corporate videos to give their products a special feel. Similarl...
Practitioner’s Perspective: Woon Chooi Yew
23 August 2018Woon Chooi Yew from Dentons Rodyk & Davidson is one of Singapore’s best-rounded IP lawyers. She chats with Asia IP about the use of technology in work, Singapore’s successful franchises and her accidental introduction to intellectual...