This update covers recent Court decisions and featured articles, videos and developments relating to IP/IT dispute resolution in Singapore.

Intellectual Property — Trade marks and trade names

One of the concerns is that AI software will start assimilating material that would otherwise be copyrighted, and adversely impact the livelihood of existing authors and publishers.

This update gives a brief background and overview of the Singapore High Court decision in Tiger Pictures Entertainment Ltd v Encore Films Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 39 which is the first case in Singapore invoking the “Simplified Process for Certain Intellectual Property Claims”, an optional “fast track” for intellectual property (“IP”) litigation to provide parties with a more affordable and expedited route to enforce their IP rights in Singapore.

This update looks at some of the key legal highlights over the past 3 months, across various practice areas including deals, restraint of trade, family law and intellectual property among others.

This article delves into the history and impact of Mickey Mouse on the development of copyright law, and considers whether Disney’s strategy of aggressively protecting the artistic depiction of Mickey Mouse would be feasible, given advancements in modern-day technology and innovation.

Part 1 discussed how Singapore copyright law is poised to tackle the issue of whether the use of copyright-protected works for machine learning and the works created from natural language commands are infringing copyright. In Part 2, the article evaluates how the computational data analysis exception and fair use provision in the Singapore Copyright Act 2021 may be relevant to the input and output scenarios.

This article will summarise the decision in Li v Liu (issued last year) and explore how and why the Beijing Internet Court reached a different conclusion from the US Copyright Office’s (USCO) decision in Zarya of the Dawn, when both cases were based on a similar set of facts. Finally, we will briefly explore the implications of the courts’ decisions on copyright in AI-generated content going forward.

Trade marks and trade names – Opposition to Registration

Intellectual Property — Copyright , Contract — Formation

This update covers recent Court decisions and featured articles relating to IP/IT dispute resolution in Singapore.

This is the second of a two-part article which discusses the legal and regulatory issues facing the video gaming and e-sports industry. This part details the different types of disputes that have arisen involving video gaming and e-sports, and explores the various avenues available for the resolution of such disputes. Part 1 is available here.

This article delves into the history and impact of Mickey Mouse on the development of copyright law, and considers whether the Disney’s strategy of aggressively protecting the artistic depiction of Mickey Mouse would be feasible, given advancements in modern-day technology and innovation.

This is a sampling of some decisions that the Singapore courts handed down in 2023, which provide useful insights relating to intellectual property, intangible assets or technology.

While Indonesia’s adoption of intellectual property law has gone without significant hitches with its citizens also being avid adopters of technology, challenges remain regarding the understanding of technology-related intellectual property rights for both its citizens and businesses. This article takes a deeper dive into the country’s intellectual property regime and the legal safeguards that could be employed by businesses operating in Indonesia.

Intellectual property has been defined as a type of property that includes the intangible creations of the human mind. This may consist of designs, ideas, written work, artwork, and inventions. With the advent of artificial intelligence (“AI”), human-guided AI creations have gained momentum and become a subject of debate. Traditionally, intellectual property protections such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc, protect works of the human mind. However, could the same protection be accorded to AI creations created by stitching creations available on the Internet to create a wholly new design?

Trade marks and trade names – Opposition to Registration

Trade marks and trade names – Opposition to Registration

Trade marks and trade names – Opposition to Registration

Intellectual Property — Patents and inventions