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Intellectual Property
A Caffeinated Clash: Starbucks vs. Starbung
By Rachapat Sumjinda Starbucks, the world-renowned coffee chain with branches across the globe, is known for its premium quality coffee and exceptional customer service. With over 36,000 outlets globally and continued revenue growth, Starbucks is clearly doing something right. However, its prices are often considered steep, particularly among average income earners in certain countries, resulting
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Celebrating Female Ingenuity: Talented ASEAN Women Inventors
By Linh Nguyen Time flies, and World Intellectual Property Day – held annually on 26 April – is just around the corner. This year’s theme is “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity”.
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[Vietnam] Lack of Inventive Step? Don’t Worry, Get a Utility Solution Patent Instead
By Linh Nguyen Numerous resources – time, money and effort – are invested when creating an invention, in the hopes of getting a successful patent and thereafter using it as springboard for further innovation and growth. But when your patent application is rejected because the invention is found to lack the inventive step criteria upon
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Wonton Tussle: Who is the Real Owner Post-Mortem?
By Danush Sinnan Eng’s Char Siew Wantan Mee Pte. Ltd. v Pauline New Ping Ping [2022] SGIPOS 10 Awareness of the ownership of trademarks is important, especially if relationships between business partners sour or if the main shareholder of the business passes away. In the recent case of Eng’s Char Siew Wantan Mee Pte. Ltd.
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[BAC] Career Club’s 50 Shades Of Pink
If you’re interested in a career in the intellectual property field, we’ve got just the thing for you! In this podcast hosted by Brickfields Asia College, KASS Director, Geetha Kandiah shares valuable tips and insights into why she decided to take up IP law, how she built her confidence as a speaker, and what she thinks about the employability
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[The Intern Interview] Lauren Bennardo
The KASS team recently welcomed Lauren Bennardo, an outgoing intern from Australia.
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Is MyIPO Upgrading?
By Nur Asmaa, Tharishini Manalan, Jasmine Lim and Sry Farhany We are all living in the digital era where everything is just within our fingertips. Want to pay bills? Do it online. Want to shop? Online. Want to buy food? Also online. At one point, you could even have your IP rights protected online. However,
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Use It Or Lose It: Can You Lose Your Registered Trademark Rights From Non-Use?
By Lauren Bennardo Choi Sun Mi v Comfort Lab Inc [2022] SGIPOS 2 It is often assumed that once your trademark is registered, your rights are indisputable. However, this is not entirely correct. Did you know that you can lose the registration of your registered trademark if it is not used? Failure to properly use
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