[Business Today] [K]onfused with KIKO and KEICHO?
[Business Today] The Burning Question – Who Owns the Trademark?
[K]ONFUSED with KIKO and KEICHO?
By Geetha Kandiah “I’m a big believer in that if you focus on good skin care, you won’t really need a lot of make-up” Demi Moore once said. It is not surprising that the global value sales in the beauty industry is expected to exceed US$131 billion in 2019, with skin care as the biggest […]
Spotting Seiko in Seiki?
While SEIKO may be the pioneer in “exquisite workmanship” when it comes to timepieces, living up to its name and establishing itself as a famous brand to half the world, it certainly did not enjoy much success in its battle in opposing the trademark “SEIKI” from securing a place in the trademark registry of Singapore.
[Franchise Asia] The Burning Question – Who Owns the Trademark?
By Geetha Kandiah
[Business Today] Moving up the IP ladder
[Malaysia SME] Southeast Asian countries’ performance in the International IP Index growing
By Geetha K. Southeast Asia has been attracting an increasing number of foreign direct investments. The emerging markets of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar have been included in the expansion plans of most multinational corporations. In the 2015 ASEAN Business Outlook Survey, a report published by the US Chamber of Commerce in collaboration […]
[The Straits Times] How Asean countries fare in IP protection
Manchester Derby in Singapore Court
With many Southeast Asian countries being involved in tobacco farming, it is easy to see how trademark protection over cigarettes would be important in the region. Cigarette manufacturer Jamal Abdulnaser Mahmoud Al Mahamid (“the Plaintiff”) and Global Tobacco Manufacturers (International) Sdn. Bhd. (“the Defendant”) clearly exemplified this when they brought their dispute to the High […]
When Fame is Not the Name of the Game
Are all shoes, all stars? It seems like popular shoe brand, Converse Inc., would prefer being the only one. The American shoe giant recently filed an opposition at the IP Office of Singapore (IPOS) against the registration of the “” mark by Malaysian company, Southern Rubber Works Sdn Bhd. The latter was accused of trying […]