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Watch for the Fox in Your Henhouse: Gig Companies At Risk

Intellectual 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

Liwayway 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

A 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

The 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

The line between free speech and commercial disparagement.

Cultivating New Business Strategies for Brand Owners via Associated Trademarks in India

How are Associated Trademark rules applied in India?

Singapore Announces New Patent Rules and Fees to Promote Innovation

Singapore 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

Courts’ Versatility in Making a Defendant Pay Back

No Break Given to Nestlé in Kit Kat Shape Mark Appeal

A 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?

San 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

Should we be concerned about the increasing amount of data on the 'net?

The Swiss Don’t Miss in Malaysian Dispute

The 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

Sufficient 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

An 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.