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Thailand - updated trade mark examination guidelines

Thailand - May 26 2022 Effective as of 17 January 2022, a new Registrar’s Examination Manual (“Examination Manual”) has replaced the existing guidelines which seek to…

Singaporean consumers as judges? A trademark dispute between German luxury carmaker and Chinese smartphone developers

Singapore - April 6 2022 This article looks at the recent decision by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) in the Matter of a Trade Mark Application by Vivo…

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Not a tango dance but a cocoa and chocolate dispute

Singapore - October 5 2021 This article looks at the recent decision by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) in the Matter of a Trade Mark Application by…

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Malaysia: Court of Appeal grants pre-emptive non infringement declaration under the “own name doctrine”

Malaysia - November 24 2020 This article looks at the recent decision by the Court of Appeal (“COA”) Malaysia in Diesel S.P.A v Bontton Sdn Bhd (Civil Appeal No:…

Myanmar’s new trade mark registration system: soft opening period to commence on 1 October, 2020

Myanmar - September 9 2020 The Ministry of Commerce of Myanmar issued Order 63/2020 on 28 August 2020 announcing that the new Myanmar Office of Intellectual Property (“OIP”) is…

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