Category: Updates

  • Singapore High Court Disallows Post-grant Patent Amendments for the First Time

    By Constance Leong 12 August 2015, Singapore. Singapore has the world’s busiest transhipment hub. It therefore comes as no surprise that coupling pieces for ship cargo securing, called twistlocks, are highly valued in Singapore. This was the invention that lay at the center of the dispute in a High Court case of Ship’s Equipment Centre…

  • Japan’s Towa loses bid to inspect patent infringing product against Singapore’s ASM Technology

    By Constance Leong 30 August 2014, Singapore. An application by Japan’s Towa to inspect patent infringing product against Singapore’s ASM Technology has been rejected by the Singapore High Court judge. ASM Technology Singapore Pte Ltd (“ASM”), a Singapore subsidiary of a Hong Kong listed company, has been sued for patent infringement by Japanese company Towa Corporation (“Towa”) in…

  • A Shortcut to Owning a Patent?

    By Constance Leong 14 August 2013, Singapore. Novel legal issues have been raised in Energenics Pte Ltd v Musse Singapore Pte Ltd and another suit [2013] SGHCR 21. This case relates to a pending Singapore Patent Application “An apparatus and method for size reduction” (the Patent Application) vis­à-vis the invention (“the Invention”), filed by a…

  • How To Strategise And Optimise A PCT Patent Application For My Business?

    By Constance Leong 21 May 2013, Singapore. Don’t miss these 2 upcoming webinars to find out how to strategise and optimise a PCT patent application for your business. They are made available by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to the public at no charge. The speaker is Mr. Reed, previously worked for the Procter…

  • Singapore: Asia’s Emerging Global IP Hub

    By Constance Leong 1 April 2013, Singapore. The Singapore Government has plans to develop Singapore as a Global Intellectual Property (IP) Hub in Asia and it knows that any endeavor on such a large scale would be best effected by a Committee of experts. This Committee comprises a banker, lawyers, a university professor, a research…