Tag: intellectual property
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Potential of Singapore’s New International Commercial Court in Hearing Cross-Border IP Disputes
By Constance Leong 16 January 2015, Singapore. Given the international nature of intellectual property (IP), the newly launched Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) has the potential to hear cross-border IP disputes. Persons whose disputes may only have tenuous connection to Singapore may choose to have them heard before Singapore’s highly respected, local and international commercial…
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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…
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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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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…