Mirandah Law LLP Partner Suhaimi Bin Lazim took part in the Law Society of Singapore's 'Mission to Myanmar'. Organised in conjunction with the Singapore Business Federation, the mission provided the senior Singapore lawyers with a valuable insight into Myanmar's burgeoning business environment, with a particular focus on the construction sector.
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Mirandah Asia Thailand Hosts JPAA Delegation, Trading IP Expertise
Mirandah Asia Thailand played proud host in Bangkok to a delegation from the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) headed by Mr Hideki Tanaka. The group, also including Mr Yasunori Matsumari, Ms Chiaki Saitsu and Mr Seiji Kimura, gave presentations on the history of JPAA and of Japanese IP, and we were delighted to share with […]
Mirandah Asia Malaysia Hosts UKM Law Students
Mirandah Asia Malaysia was proud to host law students from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) for legal internships across the ASEAN region. The chosen interns spent one month in the Malaysia office, before being received for a week in the Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand offices respectively. CEO Patrick Mirandah gave a well-received lecture at the UKM […]
Singapore Trademark Invalidation on Bad Faith
Though often pleaded, there are not many examples of oppositions succeeding on grounds of bad faith in Singapore. To succeed, the opponent will usually need to show that the applicant’s conduct fell below the acceptable standards of commercial behaviour. Aside from the evidential hurdles, these standards can be tricky to define in the context of […]
99 Problems? Copyright ain’t one
Users of applications which act as a first point of call for those seeking a new property have grown exponentially in number in South East Asia, within a relatively short space of time. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that the case of PropertyGuru Pte Ltd v 99 Pte Ltd [2018] SGHC 52 before the […]
Updates to Vietnam Patent and Trademark Procedures
Following on from our previous article on patent updates in Vietnam, this piece serves to summarise the key amendments made to both patent and trademark procedures by the NOIP commencing January 2018. New regulations with regard to patent and trademark procedures in Vietnam came into force on 15th January 2018. These amended regulations aim to […]
Rectification of the Register – A Singapore Perspective
Novartis (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Co [2017] SGHC 322 I. Introduction In the recent case of Novartis (Singapore) Pte Ltd v Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Co [2017] SGHC 322, the Singapore High Court addressed, for the first time, key procedural issues associated with corrections to patent forms and priority data, as well as […]
Updates to Vietnam Patent Regime
New regulations with regard to patent applications in Vietnam came into force on 15th January 2018. These amended regulations aim to bring the Vietnamese intellectual property system in line with recent developments. Below are three of the main changes based on guidelines laid out in Circular No. 16/2016/TT-BKHCN from the Ministry of Science and Technology, […]
Is 'Patent Working' Information Confidential in India?
The very foundation of the patent system is a quid pro quo - a set of exclusive rights granted to a patentee in exchange for inter alia the patentee’s duty to fulfil the society’s reasonable requirements in relation to the invention (including the ‘working’ of the said invention within the jurisdiction). The Indian Patents Act […]
Louis Vuitton Counterfeit Case in Singapore Clarifies Definitions of 'Import' and 'Export' for Trade Mark Infringement Purposes
In the recent Singapore High Court case of Louis Vuitton Malletier v Megastar Shipping Pte Ltd [2017] SGHC 305, the Court held that a freight forwarder who was unwittingly sent counterfeit goods into Singapore for transshipment was not liable for trademark infringement. The case concerned two shipments from China bound for Indonesia via Singapore. The […]