Category: Updates
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Singapore Court Decides on Novartis’s Patent and the Generic Drug Industry
By Constance Leong 8 January 2013, Singapore. Pharmaceutical companies would do well to be aware of the latest patent case—Novartis AG and another v Ranbaxy (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd [2012] SGHC 253, decided on 28 December 2012. This case sheds more light on section 12A (3)(a) of the Medicines Act (Cap 176, Rev Ed 1985), the…
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Mr Goh Phai Cheng SC appointed as a Neutral in the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
By Constance Leong 3 July 2012, Singapore. Senior Counsel Mr Goh Phai Cheng is appointed a Singapore independent Intellectual Property (“IP”) expert on the WIPO List of Neutrals to hear cases arising out of IP related transactions, in particular: Technology trademark coexistence software licensing research & development distribution technology-sensitive employment mergers and acquisitions with important…
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Chiu Khai Weng vs Akok Thomas Tumbelaka & Others (Suit No 574/2010/V) (unreported)
By Constance Leong This case relates to a shareholders’ dispute in Expressions International Holdings Pte Ltd (“Expressions”), a company well known for its slimming products. The founders of Expressions had agreed to buy from each of the 37 minority shareholders their respective shares in Expressions. When they failed to pay one of the installments which…
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The Legal Environment of Franchising in Singapore and a Comparative Overview of Franchise Laws in Some Other Countries – Part 2: Franchise-specific Laws in Some Other Countries
by Constance Leong This article was originally published in the March 2011 issue of the Singapore Law Gazette, the official publication of the Law Society of Singapore. To view the article, please download from below. [wpdm_file id=2]
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