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)
In Sunny Metal & Engineering Pte Ltd v Lee Xin Ben Jimmy (Serangoon Gardens Country Club, garnishee) [2019] SGHC 135, the High Court discusses the burden of proof on the judgment creditor and whether a garnishee who has handed a cheque to the judgment debtor is obliged to stop payment on the cheque.
Elvis Presley Impersonator’s Creditor Fails in Bid to Garnish Alleged Debt Due from Country Club
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 update discusses 3 recent Singapore High Court decisions that relate to building and construction law – the decisions touch on the issues such as the effect when an extension of time clause is absent, estoppel under the Building & Construction Industry Security of Payment Act in relation to jurisdictional objections and whether a call on a performance bond can be made because of alleged claims arising in other projects (when the bond was issued for a different project).
Recent Cases […]
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
This update covers the recent decision in Griffin Real Estate Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (in liquidation) v ERC Unicampus Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 273. The High Court decided that where directors of the plaintiff company which had wrongfully caused it to extend an unauthorised loan to the defendant company, the defendant company, on the facts, incurred liability as a knowing recipient.
A Company’s Liability in Knowing Receipt for the Fiduciary Breaches of its Errant Directors