Tag: patents
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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…
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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”)…
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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…
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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…