News, updates and announcement - 2023

• Battle of the Birds: Twitter Stops Singapore Tech Firm from Registering a Similar Bird Logo

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News, updates and announcement - 2022

• IPOS Registrar’s Decision Overturned – Appeal to Correct Error in Patent Application Allowed

• Emotional distress - an actionable head of damage under the PDPA

• Request to Qualify the GI for “Parmigiano Reggiano”

• Knowledge & Experience of Ex-Employee is not Confidential Information

• I-Admin revisited: Modified Approach for Breach of Confidence Limited to Cases of Unauthorised Acquisition

• Recent Changes to IP Procedures

• IPOS Defers Increase in Official Fees to 26 May 2022

• Promotions – New Directors and Senior Legal Associate at Amica Law

• Registration of “Prosecco” as a GI Successfully Opposed on Appeal

• IPOS to Increase Official Fees from 29 April 2022

• Our Director, Winnie Tham, has been appointed as board member to IPOS

• Copyright Infringement - Locus Standi & Right of Communication

• The Limits of Implied Consent to Use in Non-Use Trade Mark Revocations

• Acquired Distinctiveness & Mark Similarity Assessment

• Virtual trade marks the Metaverse and IP rights

• Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) and Intellectual Property Law

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​News, updates and announcement - 2021

• Dangers of Using a Common Name as a Trade Mark

• Australian Body of Grape Growers and Winemakers Fail to Prevent the Registration of “Prosecco” as a Geographical Indication 

• The Right of Private Action under Singapore’s PDPA –When does this Right Arise?

• Implied Term of Mutual Trust and Confidence in Internal Employee Investigations

• The Singapore IP Strategy 2030: Singapore’s 10 - year national blueprint for IA/IP management

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​News, updates and announcement - 2020

• IP Mediation: Government Funding and Key Developments in Singapore

• Registered Designs - IPOS issues Guide on Registered Designs for Non-Physical Products

• Amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act and what it means for you?

• IP Adjudicator holds that there is confusing similarity and passing off, but dismisses well known mark and partial opposition arguments

• Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duties and Passing Off

• Payment Services - Upcoming changes to the Payment Services Act

• Champagne vs ChamPengWine - A case of bad faith trade mark registration?

• Data Protection - Grabcar fined $10,000 for 4th data protection breach in 2 years

• Myanmar: New Trade Mark Registration System - Soft opening launch scheduled on 1 Oct 2020

• Lifting a Riddick Undertaking - When can documents disclosed under compulsion be used for purposes extraneous to civil proceedings?

• Expansion of Fast Track Programme to include Trade Mark and Design Applications

• Amendments to the GI Act take effect from 15 August 2020

• Practical considerations for relying on unregistered trade mark rights for trade mark oppositions (Florian Mack v Golden Cala Trading EST [2020] SGIPOS 5)

• Launch of PPH with Brazil's INPI & re-registration of Singapore Patents in Laos

• Launch of new SG Patent fast track programme

• Proposed amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act

• Successful invalidation of “Vagisan” trade marks by the proprietors of “VAGISIL” (Combe International v Dr August Wolff [2020] SGIPOS 3)

• Court of Appeal eases evidentiary burden on owners of confidential information with new modified test for breach of confidence (I-Admin (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Hong Ying Ting & ors [2020] SGCA 32)

• Signing legal documents remotely

• The impact of COVID-19 on contractual obligations

• Element Six Technologies Ltd succeeds in its patent infringement claim against Ila Technologies Pte Ltd (Element Six Technologies Ltd v IIa Technologies Pte Ltd [2020] SGHC 26)

• “ISETAN TARTAN” trade mark registration successfully opposed by Scotch Whisky Association - Use of a trade mark containing the word “Tartan” on whisky not from Scotland is liable to deceive the public (Scotch Whisky Association v Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd [2019] SGHC 200)

• Ferrero fails in its attempt to register the shape of its Ferrero Rocher pralines in Singapore (In the Matter of a Trade Mark Application by Ferrero S.p.A. [2019] SGIPOS 19)

• A cyber squatter fails to enforce its contract on the grounds of public policy (3 Corporate Services Pte Ltd v Grabtaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. [2020] SGHC 17)

 

​News, updates and announcement - 2019

• The Legal 500 Comparative Guide 2019 - Singapore Chapter on IP by Amica Law

• Update – Data Protection – Notes on Protection Obligation

• Update – Trademarks – Myanmar: New Trade Mark Registration System

• Update – GI – More provisions of the GI Act take effect from 21 Nov 2019

• Update – Patents – Closure of Foreign Route in Singapore

• Update – Trademarks – Amendments to Malaysian Trade Mark Laws

• Update – FinTech – New initiative for payment firms to access specialised legal expertise

• Update – Visit by Intellectual Property Bureau of Guangzhou Development District (Sep 2019)

• Amica Law News Issue (January / July 2019)

• Update – GI - Registration of Geographical Indications (April 2019)

• Amica Law Announcement (Mar 2019)

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​News, updates and announcement - 2018

• Amica Law News Issue (January / June 2018)

• Patent Litigation Guide (May 2018) – Article by Jason Chan and Liza Lam (Reproduced from Practical Law with the permission of the publishers. For further information, visit www.practicallaw.com.)

• Amica Law Update – Patents Update (Apr 2018)

• Amica Law Announcement (Feb 2018)

• Amica Law Update – Patents Update (Jan 2018)

• Amica Law Update – Designs Update (Jan 2018)

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​News, updates and announcement - 2017

• Amica Law News Issue (July / December 2017)

• Amica Law News Issue (January / June 2017)

• Amica Law Update – Designs Update (June 2017)

• Amica Law Update – Patents Update (June 2017)

• Amica Law Update – Trademarks Update (June 2017)

• Amica Law Announcement (June 2017)

• Amica Law Update – Changes to IPOS Trade Mark and Patent Official Fees (March 2017)

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News, updates and announcement - 2016

• Amica Law Update – Patents Article (December 2016)

• Amica Law Update – Patents Update (December 2016)

• Amica Law News Issue (January/Dec 2016)

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News, updates and announcement - 2015

• Amica Law News Issue (January/Dec 2015)

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News, updates and announcement - 2014

• Amica Law Update – Amendments to Singapore Patent Law (January 2014)

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News, updates and announcement - 2013

• Amica Law News Issue (January/Dec 2013)

• Amica Law Update – Legislation Update (2013)

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News, updates and announcement - 2012

• Amica News Issue (Jul 2012/Dec 2012)

• Amica Law Update – Singapore Patent Law Update (2012)

• Amica News Issue (July 2012)

• Amica Law Announcement (2012)

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News, updates and announcement - 2011

• Amica News Issue (Jan 2011/June 2011)

• Amica Law Update – Amendment to Rules (October 2011)

• Amica Law Update – .xxx gTLD Domain Name

• Amica Law Update – New gTLD Domain Name Registration

• Amica Law Update – Malaysian Trade Marks Practice: Summary of Amendments to Trade Marks Regulation

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News, updates and announcement - 2010

• Amica News Issue 5 (June 2010/Dec 2010)

• Amica News Issue 4 (Sep 2009/Jan 2010)

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News, updates and announcement - 2009

• Amica News Issue 3 (Dec 2008/Jan 2009)

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News, updates and announcement - 2008

• Feature – Recent Developments in IP (Aug 2008)) – by Winnie Tham and Jason Chan

• Feature – Recourse for IT breaches (June 2008)

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News, updates and announcement - 2007

• Patents Update – Important Recent Changes (Mar 2007)

• Feature - Patenting Business Methods in Singapore (Jan 2007)

• Amica News Issue 2 (Jan 2007)

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News, updates and announcement - 2006

• Amica News Issue 1 (July-Aug 2006)

• Managing Intellectual Property (Sep 2006) – Article by Winnie Tham and Jason Chan