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  • The Legal Environment of Franchising in Singapore

    新加坡特许经营的法律环境 By Constance Leong 梁彩玲女士 Given Singapore’s strict laws, legal expertise and legal infrastructures that promote a pro-business environment, Singapore is pivotal to Southeast Asia’s tremendous franchise success — a view shared by many franchise experts, including Mr Albert Kong, Founder / CEO of Asiawide Franchise Consultants. 新加坡严谨的法律制度、专业的法律人才以及支持商业发展的法律体系与架构皆为新加坡在推动东南亚特许经营的巨大成功方面发挥了关键作用——此观点广受特许经营专家（包括 江进兴先生，爱思威特许经营顾问公司创始人兼首席执行官）普遍认同。 This article delves into the legal principles and intellectual property…

  • Singapore’s “FinTech Fast Track” initiative is doing swimmingly well, thank you

    By Constance Leong 26 April 2019, Singapore. *Kat friend Constance Leong has kindly provided an update on the state of Singapore’s FinTech Fast Track initiative.  The first year of Singapore’s fast track patent scheme, known as the FinTech Fast Track (“FTFT”), has progressed so well it would seem, that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”)…

  • How Singapore Is Fast-Tracking FinTech Patent Applications (and making more “Crazy Rich Asians”?)

    By Constance Leong 19 September 2018, updated 6 March 2019, Singapore. A leading banker in this *Kat’s national backyard observed last week that conventional banks that ignore FinTech do so at their long-term peril.  Ahead of the curve is Singapore, a world center for banking. *Kat friend Constance Leong describes how Singapore is implementing fast track protection…

  • Singapore Woos Non-Resident Foreign Businesses To File International IP Applications From Singapore Via WIPO

    By Constance Leong   27 October 2017, Singapore. Without much fanfare, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (“IPOS”) has published new September 2017 Guidelines (“the new 2017 Guidelines”) to supplement and clarify the current definition of “real and effective industrial or commercial establishment”.   IPOS’s current definition published in its Online Form MM2(E) Filing Guide 2016 (for trademark) (“the 2016…

  • Upcoming Changes in Singapore’s Patents Law & What They Mean For Businesses & Patent Applicants

    By Constance Leong 1 February 2017, Singapore. Significant developments in Singapore’s patents laws are expected to kick in soon in the near future. The key highlights are as follows: Expanding the scope of the 12-month Grace Period[i] for exempting novelty-destroying disclosures (implementation date: 30 October 2017); New statutory declaration (“SD”) requirement for the Grace Period, pre-grant and…