Tag: Trade Secret
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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…
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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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Constance Leong
Expertise & Experience Constance 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 Media), and…