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The applicants’ self-coined scientific term was denied trademark registration due to its lack of distinctiveness.

Self-Coined Scientific Terms Not Automatically Trademarkable

Date
May 18, 2024
Author
OrionW
The applicants’ self-coined scientific term was denied trademark registration due to its lack of distinctiveness.
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The Significant Investments Review Bill was recently introduced in Parliament, seeking to impose notification and/or approval requirements for certain changes in ownership and appointments of key officers.

Singapore Introduces Significant Investments Review Bill to Regulate Investments and Appointments in Designated Critical Businesses

Date
Nov 10, 2023
Author
OrionW
The Significant Investments Review Bill was recently introduced in Parliament, seeking to impose notification and/or approval requirements for certain changes in ownership and appointments of key officers.
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Parliament passed the Oaths, Declarations and Notarisations (Remote Methods) Bill which permits statutory declarations, oaths and affirmations, and notarisations to be conducted through electronic means.

Electronic Statutory Declarations, Oaths and Notarisations To Be Permitted

Date
Aug 8, 2023
Author
OrionW
Parliament passed the Oaths, Declarations and Notarisations (Remote Methods) Bill which permits statutory declarations, oaths and affirmations, and notarisations to be conducted through electronic means.
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The Singapore High Court held an employer vicariously liable for copyright infringement by an employee seeking to improve his workplace skills using unauthorised software.

Employer Held Vicariously Liable for Employee Copyright Infringement

Date
Apr 10, 2023
Author
OrionW
The Singapore High Court held an employer vicariously liable for copyright infringement by an employee seeking to improve his workplace skills using unauthorised software.
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The Apostille Convention simplifies the process by which official documents in one member country can be recognised for legal purposes in another member country.

Singapore Joins Apostille Convention

Date
Sep 20, 2021
Author
OrionW
The Apostille Convention simplifies the process by which official documents in one member country can be recognised for legal purposes in another member country.
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In a significant decision, the Singapore Court of Appeal highlighted that a document titled “Bill of Lading” is not always a document of title to goods, as the substance and nature of the document prevails over its form.

The “Luna” and another appeal [2021] SGCA 84: Not All Bills of Lading are Documents of Title

Date
Aug 23, 2021
Author
OrionW
In a significant decision, the Singapore Court of Appeal highlighted that a document titled “Bill of Lading” is not always a document of title to goods, as the substance and nature of the document prevails over its form.
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