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'Good faith' under English law: Manchester United-branded products dispute breaks new ground

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Singapore, United Kingdom
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  • February 18 2013

Manchester United is a global brand which is very strong in Asia and the Middle East. In 2009 Singapore-based company Yam Seng entered into an

Singapore court holds “forfeiture-for-competition” clause unenforceable

  • ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • November 8 2012

In Mano Vikrant Singh v Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd 2012 SGCA 42, the Singapore Court of Appeal has held that a clause under which deferred incentive awards to an employee would be forfeited if he competed with the company (Forfeiture-for-competition clause) was a restraint of trade

Breach of contract the limited horizon of damages Out of the Box Pte Ltd v Wanin Industries Pte Ltd

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • February 26 2013

An important aspect that a Court needs to consider in every case that involves a breach of contract is the extent of damages to be awarded. However

Court of Appeal finds internet DVR service provider not liable for copyright infringement

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • January 28 2011

In RecordTV Pte Ltd v MediaCorp TV Pte Ltd 2010 SGCA 43 ("RecordTV"), the Court of Appeal reversed the High Court's ruling that RecordTV, a start-up company which provided an internet digital video recorder (iDVR) service is liable for copyright infringement

Transocean Offshore International Ventures Ltd v Burgundy Global Exploration Corp

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • February 28 2011

In the decision of Transocean Offshore International Ventures Ltd v Burgundy Global Exploration Corp 2010 2 SLR 821, the High Court determined the applicable dispute resolution procedure where there were differing and contrary dispute resolution clauses

Division of matrimonial assets: all about feel and the court’s sense of justice

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Singapore
  • -
  • April 28 2011

In what the Singapore Court of Appeal termed as the longest marriage to come before the courts in recent years, it clarified two important issues in the division of matrimonial assets, namely, the "cut-off date" for determining matrimonial assets and the approach to be taken in the division of matrimonial assets

An author can be an incorporated entity

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • October 31 2010

An issue which came before the Singapore High Court in Pioneers & Leaders (Publishers) Pte Ltd v. Asia Pacifi c Publishing Pte Ltd 2010 SGHC 211 (“Pioneers & Leaders”) was whether an incorporated body can be the author of an original work

Divorce proceedings by habitual residents the Singapore courts’ jurisdiction

  • ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
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  • Singapore
  • -
  • December 27 2012

With an unprecedented number of foreigners living in Singapore, the question of whether the Singapore courts have jurisdiction to hear divorce proceedings

The relevance of EPO decisions to Singapore

  • ATMD Bird & Bird LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Singapore
  • -
  • October 26 2012

Main-Line Corporate Holdings Ltd (Main-Line) is the owner of a patented method and system registered in Singapore on 30 June 2003, that automatically determines the operating currency in which to process a transaction for a credit card, charge card or debit card at the point of sale between a merchant and the cardholder, without the need for any manual selection or intervention by the merchant andor the cardholder to identify the card’s currency (the Patent

Ruling on section 391 of the Companies Act

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • January 31 2013

The recent High court decision arising from Long Say Ting Daniel v Merukh Nunik Elizabeth (personal representative of the estate of Merukh Jusuf