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In our previous article, we discussed the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Bill 2020 (Cth) that had been introduced into the Australian Senate to amend the Designs Act 2003 (Cth).

A New Zealand brand owner has had to appeal its own successful trade mark non-use revocation action to kill off a "zombie" trade mark in New Zealand...

Since 2015 Singapore has led all other Asian countries in the International Property Rights Index (IPRI). The IPRI ranks 129 countries representing around 98% of the global GDP, in:

In a previous proceeding which we reported in our article, Lee Tat Cheng (Lee) sued Maka GPS Technologies (Maka) for infringement of Singapore Patent No. 87795 (Patent).

Australia's second-tier innovation patent will be phased out from 26 August 2021 and it will no longer be possible to file innovation patents having an effective filing date on or after this date.

A typical example would be a franchise operation where the franchisor or its related companies have their own outlets.

Singapore's Intellectual Property (Border Enforcement) Act 2018 and Intellectual Property (Dispute Resolution) Act 2019 were partially implemented on 21 November 2019.

The applicant only needed to show that it would discourage users from accessing the relevant website.

As a Special Administration Region (SAR) of China, Hong Kong still retains much of the basic common law and legal system that was established under the United Kingdom.

FPAD applies to any arrangement or transaction involving the transfer of an interest in Victorian residential property to a foreign purchaser.

At the hearing, the Registrar stated that whether ‘good and sufficient reason' has been established depends on the facts of each case.

Singapore design applications are examined only for compliance with formal requirements.

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has recently clarified how articles should be classified for design applications. Amendments to the Registered Designs (International Registration) Rules would also be of interest ...

Singapore's design protection regime was expanded significantly in 2017 to provide greater protection for designers, and to keep pace with developments in technology.

The Simplified Process for Certain Intellectual Property Claims ("Simplified Process") was introduced in April 2022 under Singapore's Supreme Court of Judicature (Intellectual Property) Rules 2022...

All Singapore patent applications filed after 31 December, 2019 will be subject to substantive examination.

In August 2019, amendments were made to the Singapore Patents Act (Act) to allow for third party observations before grant and re-examination after grant.