The PDPC's FAQS and other information on implementing compliance with the PDPA *

Singapore - January 11 2013
As noted in the recent issue of LawWatch IPMT, the Ministry of Communications and Information has gazetted the Personal Data Protection Act 2012…

Co-authors: Jeffrey Lim.

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Singapore and South Korea sign MOUs on intellectual property cooperation and Patent Prosecution Highway programme *

Singapore, South Korea - January 4 2013
A Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") on comprehensive Intellectual Property ("IP") cooperation and a MOU on a pilot Patent Prosecution Highway ("PPH")…

Co-authors: Jeffrey Lim.

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Personal data protection commission established *

Singapore - January 4 2013
The Ministry of Communications and Information has gazetted the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (Commencement) Notification 2012 and the Personal Data…

Co-authors: Jeffrey Lim.

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Two recent Singapore cases illustrate the importance of local goodwill in establishing a claim of passing off *

Singapore - January 4 2013
Where a business makes a claim of passing off against another business, it must establish the existence of the following factors: Goodwill attached to…

Co-authors: Jeffrey Lim.

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The confidentiality obligations of an ex-employee joining a counterparty to litigation *

United Kingdom - January 4 2013
In Generics (UK) Ltd v Yeda Research & Development & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 726 the English Court of Appeal had to consider whether a barring order should…

Co-authors: Jeffrey Lim.

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