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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.
Commercial Disparagement: View of the Indian Judiciary
31 May 2017The line between free speech and commercial disparagement.
Cultivating New Business Strategies for Brand Owners via Associated Trademarks in India
18 April 2017How are Associated Trademark rules applied in India?
Singapore Announces New Patent Rules and Fees to Promote Innovation
07 April 2017Singapore has recently announced a range of major changes to its patent system that will affect those seeking protection in a variety of ways.
Singapore: No Snap Judgment on Similarity of Marks
26 January 2017Courts’ Versatility in Making a Defendant Pay Back
26 January 2017
No Break Given to Nestlé in Kit Kat Shape Mark Appeal
06 January 2017A Kit Kat bar, with its two-finger and four-finger breakable wafer coated with chocolate, is surely one of the most famously-shaped food items that one could enjoy at a local store almost anywhere around the world to 'have a break' - as the product's...
Is San Francisco’s Sugar-sweetened Beverage Rule Watering Down First Amendment Rights?
06 January 2017San Francisco’s ordinance targeting added sugar has the potential to leave a bad taste in the mouths of beverage makers and other product advertisers across the nation after a federal judge in California upheld a particularly onerous labeling mandate...
Synergies of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and Intellectual Property
06 January 2017Should we be concerned about the increasing amount of data on the 'net?
The Swiss Don’t Miss in Malaysian Dispute
14 December 2016The apex court of Malaysia - the Federal Court - recently provided its grounds of judgment in Chocosuisse Union Des Fabricants Suisses De Chocolat, Kaft Food Schweiz AG and Nestle Suisse SA v. Maestro Swiss Chocolate Sdn. Bhd.
Sufficient Disclosure Issue in China
14 December 2016Sufficient disclosure of an invention is required under the Patent Law of China. According to Article 26, Clause 3 of the law, “the description shall set forth the invention or the utility model in a manner sufficiently clear and complete so as to en...
Significant Changes to Indonesian Patent System
19 October 2016An important piece of new Indonesian patent legislation, Law No. 13 of 2016, came into effect on August 26, 2016, replacing the old patent law, No. 14 of 2001.
Damages in Trademark Infringement Cases: A Case Study of the Yahoo v. Sanja Patel Case
19 October 2016With the Indian legislature and judiciary realizing the increasingly important need to safeguard and protect the intellectual property assets of a company...
New Directions from the Malaysian Patent Office
19 October 2016The Malaysian Intellectual Property office (MyIPO) has recently issued three new practice directions.