[Business Today] Going for a Foreign Franchise
Singapore Update: Rum & Tequila Showdown
By Annette Wong Mention rum and one might have visions of pirates and their grog-drinking ways. Sea-faring adventures aside, rum was interestingly also part of a recent trademark case in Singapore. Rum Creation and Products Inc. (“Applicant”) had applied to protect the following three trademarks in Class 33 for Rum:
Indonesian IPR Arbitration and Meditation Agency Established
A new phase in the development of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in Indonesia has been reached: On 19 April 2012, the Intellectual Property Rights Arbitration and Mediation Agency (Badan Arbitrase dan Mediasi Hak Kekayaan Intelektual – BAM HKI) was officially established in Jakarta. Prof. Ahmad Zen Umar Purba, a leading IPR expert in Indonesia, who previously […]
[BFM] How SMEs can make money from IP
[Business Today] You Versus Brand X
Dispute Over Inherited Trademark: Which Son Wins?
When a trademark is famous, disputes regarding ownership of the trademark are more likely to crop up. This is especially common in family-run businesses when family members who used to work together part ways. In a recent High Court case, two brothers, the First Plaintiff and the First Defendant, sued each other for the wrongful […]
Venturing into Foreign Countries with your own brand of products or services
The process of starting or conducting business in a foreign land is hardly an easy task, especially if a company intends to build and spread its brand in that particular country. There are many aspects that the company or enterprise should consider, from operating costs to the local practices and even the languages of the […]
[Franchise Asia] Franchising and Trademark Use
[PC.Com] Battle of the Tech Giants
By KASS International Few spectacles in the modern business world are as compelling, or as instructive, as the sight of two technology giants going to war over intellectual property. These battles, fought across courtrooms on multiple continents, with billions of dollars at stake and the future shape of entire industries hanging in the balance, are […]