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What’s in a Colour? Deere & Co. & Anr. v. S. Harcharan Singh & Ors

Consideration of Prior Art at the USPTO After a Patent Has Issued

The Clash of Two KOLINs - Long-standing Rivalry Resolved by the Philippine Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the Philippines finally put to rest decades of dispute between Taiwan Kolin Corporation (TKC), a Taiwanese corporation, and Kolin Electronics Company, Inc. (KEC), a Philippine corporation. Both are engaged in the manufacture and...

Claim Construction of Means-plus-function Claim, Based on the Judgments of the Taiwan Intellectual P...

Claim construction is always an important issue either for an invalidation action or an infringement assessment. In particular, the issue would be more complicated and disputable when the claim is written in means-plus-function or step-plus-function...

US Federal Circuit Abandons Heightened Bar in Means-Plus-Function Analysis

Red Bull Means More than Power Drinks in Taiwan

Red Bull TM famous in energy drinks, automobile and fashion products.

An ‘Inspired’ Revocation Action in Singapore

Lisbeth Enterprises Limited v. Proctor & Gamble International Operations (SA) [2015] SGIPOS 6

Leading Evidence in a Trademark Case in India

Second of a two part series

Misappropriation of Customer Data of Online Job Bank Constitutes Trade Secret Infringement

Proving Your Trademark Case

Han’s v. Han: Kitchen Chaos Not Infringing in Singapore

Nitto Denko v. Union of India

Malaysian Patent Revoked Due to Lack of Novelty

The Mizuno Trademark Case: The Plight of the Runbird

Despite an opposition filed by Mizuno Corporation, the Office of the Director General (ODG) of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) allowed the registration of the applicant’s mark, Erke and Device. Mizuno is a Japanese firm e...

Expediting Substantive Examination of Taiwanese Invention Patent Applications