Tag: intellectual property office of singapore

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Constance Leong

    Consultant Expertise & Experience Constance Leong, practises Intellectual Property (IP) law and has particular expertise in the following fields:     Copyright,     Trade Mark,     Registered Design,     Patents,     Trade Secrets,     Confidential Information,      Franchise,      Personal Data Protection,       Internet Law (Social…