This article examines the Court of Appeal’s holding that if all independent claims in a patent are found to be invalid, the dependent claims “must necessarily fall away and the patent as a whole must be regarded as invalid”.

Casting Light on Sunseap v Sun Electric

This Client Note discusses the first massive fines imposed under the EU General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) since the GDPR first came into force in May 2018.

The First Massive Fines under the EU GDPR

This Client Note discusses two aspects of the Intellectual Property (Dispute Resolution) Bill, namely, the clarification that IP rights may be arbitrated in Singapore and that the High Court has exclusive jurisdiction over most civil IP proceedings.

Intellectual Property (Dispute Resolution) Bill (Arbitration Of IP Disputes And Consolidation Of Proceedings)

This Client Note provides an overview of the previous geographical indications regime, before highlighting the main features of the new Geographical Indications 2014 Act, and how it may impact businesses in Singapore.

The Geographical Indications Act 2014 – An Overview

This update discusses 2 recent Magistrate’s Court Judgments relating to self-defense as a defense to a civil claim for battery, and the defense of reasonableness under the Protection from Harassment Act.

Twin Sisters in Simei Green Condo Incident have their Civil Claims for Battery, Harassment and Breach of Confidence Dismissed

This Client Note highlights key aspects of the recently launched Data Protection Trust Mark scheme and explores why businesses in Singapore may be interested in this certification.

Singapore Data Protection Trust Mark

This Client Note summarises six of the proposals in the recent Singapore Copyright Review Report which may have an impact on your business.

Highlights of the Singapore Copyright Review Report

This case review examines the recent Court of Appeal case of Sunseap Group Pte Ltd & 2 Ors v Sun Electric Pte Ltd [2019] SGCA 4, which provided guidance as regards applications to revoke patents.

Court of Appeal Clarifies Patent Revocation Procedure

This case review examines the recent Court of Appeal case of Burberry Limited v Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd [2019] SGCA 01 in which the Court of Appeal held that a freight forwarder which facilitated the transhipment of counterfeit goods was not liable for trade mark infringement.

Trade Mark Infringement for Goods in Transit