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Dr Julia Hörnle on Cross-border Online Dispute Resolution, Online Arbitration, Online Mediation and Online News Sites
By Constance Leong This article was originally published in the October 2013 issue of the Singapore Law Gazette, the official publication of the Law Society of Singapore. 27 October 2013, Singapore. Dr Julia Hörnle, a Professor in Internet Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University of London (“QMUL”), School of Law,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
