Tag: IP for SMEs

[Malaysia SME] Should Green Technology Be Shared?

By KASS International For a small or medium business that has invested years of effort and significant financial resources into developing a green technology innovation, the idea of sharing that innovation freely with competitors is unlikely to be met with enthusiasm. Yet the debate around whether green technology should be more openly shared is growing […]

Subair Mark Expunged From Singapore Register

This case concerns an application before the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) by SubAir Systems, LLC for a declaration of invalidity against the registered mark, “SubAir & device” in Class 7 under the Registered Proprietors, SubAir Systems Asia Limited (“SubAir Asia”). As the parties in this case had contractual dealings in the past, the […]

Inside Vietnam’s First Patent Infringement Trial

Vietnam has undergone waves of transformation in the field of intellectual property rights in recent years, leading up to the amendments in the country’s intellectual property law that came into force earlier this year. The highlight of this notable transition was witnessed in the trial of Vietnam’s first patent infringement lawsuit, Hoang Thinh vs Viet My Brick […]

[Nanyang Siang Pau] How to Handle Misuse of Image Rights

By KASS International Your face is your own. Your name is your own. The way you carry yourself, the image you have built over years of work, and the personal brand that others associate with you are yours. Yet in the digital age, where images travel across borders in seconds and content is repurposed, cropped, […]

Ever Noticed the “Roof” Device in Malboro’s Packaging?

Thanks to the ingenious advertising and marketing strategies of Phillip Morris Products SA (“Phillip Morris”), the “MALBORO” brand is not only well-known in most countries (to smokers and non-smokers alike) around the world, it also ranked at number 8 out of 100 on Forbes’ list of valuable brands this year. Phillip Morris however, claims that […]