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Hill Dickinson LLP

8 SHENTON WAY, #44-05, SINGAPORE 068811, SINGAPORE

Singapore, Sheffield, Piraeus, Manchester, London, Liverpool and 1 more

Philip Woods

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Intellectual property.

Position

Intellectual property and technology law partner specialising in patents, copyright, designs, trade marks, passing-off, media and entertainment, IT and related technology.

Career

Admitted UK 1974; admitted as solicitor of Supreme Court of Hong Kong 1975; assistant solicitor Deacons (Hong Kong) 1975-81; partner Wilkinson & Grist (Hong Kong) 1981-89; partner Eversheds Alexander Tatham 1989-94; chairman Eversheds IP group until 1994; partner Philip Woods & Co 1994-97; partner Hill Dickinson 1997.

Member

Founding committee member TIPLO; associate member ITMA, CIPA; UNION; FICPI; AIPPI; LES.

Leisure

Classic cars, wine, walking, reading.

Practice Areas

Information technology; Intellectual property; Media and entertainment

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TELECOMS, MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

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IMPORTANCE OF RECORDINGS IN BANKING DISPUTES

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REVISED CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

On 14 June 2011, the Corporate Governance Council (“Council”) issued a consultation paper with proposed revisions to the Code of Corporate Governance (“Code”). Please click here to refer to Drew & Napier LLC’s update on that consultation.

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Bad faith established

In P.T. Swakarya Indah Busana v Haniffa Pte Ltd and another [2012] SGHC 69, the Plaintiff sought to invalidate the Defendants’ 15 “Martin” formative trade marks (“the Challenged marks”) on grounds that the marks were registered in bad faith (section 7(6) read with section 23(1) of the Trade Marks Act (the “Act”), and that there was fraud in the registrations or the registrations were obtained by misrepresentation (section 23(4) of the Act).

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Finders are not always keepers

The recent decision of the Singapore High Court (“the Court”) in the appeal of Wong Seng Kwan v Public Prosecutor [2012] SGHC 81 (“Wong”) clarifies the law relating to the obligations of a person who finds lost property (“a Finder”).

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The invocation of a civil penalty enforcement action

On 11 April 2012, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it took a civil penalty enforcement action against Mr Lau Kee Swan for contravening section 201(b) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA), which prohibits the employment of manipulative and deceptive devices in connection with the subscription, purchase or sale of securities.

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