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South-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Registered Designs in Singapore

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RegisteredToday’s South-East Asia IPR Series post is our last IPR basics post for Singapore and focuses on the protection of registered designs.

Registered design rights provide a crucial element of protection for goods which rely on a specific shape, configuration, pattern, or ornamentation as a key selling point. Singapore provides comprehensive protection for registered designs, including protection for intangible computer or device based designs such as those for Graphical User Interfaces.

As always, if you have any further questions regarding the information contained in this article, don’t hesitate to get in touch with one of our IP experts for free, tailored advice!

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South-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Copyright in Singapore

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copyright page 7Another day, another Insider post on South-East Asian IPR! Continuing with our Singapore series, today’s article covers all the basics you’ll need to know to get started protecting your Copyright in Singapore.

Copyright is essential for the protection of creative works, and whilst most jurisdictions protect it automatically upon creation, it is still worth knowing what is or isn’t protected, what rights you have and how best to protect and enforce those rights in the event of infringement.

So read on, and as always, if you have any questions feel free to get in touch with the South-east Asia SME IPR Helpdesk experts for free, tailored advice!

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South-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Trade Secrets in Singapore

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copyright_lockToday, continuing with our Southeast Asia IPR Series, we’re going to take a look at Singapore’s stance on trade secret protection.

Trade secrets are essential for the protection of confidential information which does not fall under the umbrella of other IP rights and can make or break a business moving into a new territory.

Below are a few tips we at the Helpdesk believe that SMEs will find useful when setting up shop in Singapore.

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South-East Asia IPR Basics Series: Trade Marks in Singapore

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4456318373_3de7f12009_zSouth East Asia is one of the world’s fastest growing markets, with several strong emerging economies and rapid development across a wide number industrial sectors throughout the region.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be writing a series of guides to the current state of play in the various jurisdictions’ IPR frameworks and the procedures through which SMEs can gain protection for their intellectual property, and, where necessary, enforce their rights.

We’ll be starting the series with Singapore, with perhaps the most developed IP legal system in place and one of the freest and most competitive economies in the world.

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Jollibee’s recipe for growth: creating and protecting your brand in South-East Asia

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Jollibee Food Corporation (JFC), widely known as Jollibee, is the largest fast food chain in the Philippines. From its modest inception in the late 1970s, it has grown into a multinational corporation, hailed by the Economist as South-East Asia’s answer to McDonalds.[1] Continue reading “Jollibee’s recipe for growth: creating and protecting your brand in South-East Asia” »