Peaceful End to a “Sharp” Conflict: LG vs Sharp

Most trademark conflicts, much like any other conflict, result in one of two outcomes for the parties involved – a win or a loss. But there are those, like the recent case in Indonesia between electronics giants LG Electronics Inc. (“LG”) and Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (“Sharp”), that manage to find an amicable solution to the […]

‘Tis the season to be wary!

By Vincent Teh Christmas means different things to different people. To some, it’s a time of excess. A time to drink a year’s worth of alcohol in the span of a day, and to stuff oneself in one night with enough food to feed a small African nation for a decade. To some it’s a […]

[BFM] Up The Ante: IP Challenges in Green Technology

Get insights to the challenges in the green technology sector from this BFM89.9 Up The Ante podcast! Featuring: Geetha K., KASS International & Robert Pascoe Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen on your device.  

[MGCC Perspectives] Patents and Trade Secrets for Protecting Green Technology

By KASS International Every green technology business faces the same fundamental question at some point in its development: how do we protect what we have built? The answer is rarely simple, and it is almost never a matter of choosing a single IP right and applying it universally. The most sophisticated and commercially effective approach […]

In Defense of Monopoly

By Vincent Teh You are perpetuating the insatiable greed of mega corporations by creating unjust monopoly on precious ideas,” was the accusation thrown at me by a young impressionable man-boy upon hearing what I do for a living during lunch one day. I simply reached over and appropriated his food. “This,” I said, “is the […]

Dior VS Baby Dior

By Carla Monintja “I create so that each and every woman is the most beautiful“ – a quote from Christian Dior that epitomized his great appreciation of beauty, which naturally extended to his work as well. Even though Christian Dior passed away a long time ago, his name still evokes the same grandeur nowadays. Everything – […]