Winston WONG, GOH Jun Wei (11 May 2023) – On the 23rd of February 2023, the Money Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) published SFA 04-N21 on business conduct requirements for corporate finance advisers (“Notice”). The Notice, which will come into effect on 1st October 2023, was issued pursuant to section 101 of the Securities and Futures …
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Winston WONG, GOH Jun Wei 21 December 2022 – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued Consultation Paper P008-2022: “Proposed Regulatory Measures for Digital Payment Token Services” (Consultation Paper), which seeks to address the risky nature of Digital Payment Tokens (DPTs) and proposes various regulatory measures for DPT services. The following are Flint & Battery …
Winston WONG 25 November 2021 (Updated 17 February 2022) – It has been 12 years since the concept of blockchain was conceived and 2 years since Singapore’s legislation governing cryptocurrency and exchanges came into force. It is a good time to take a breather and review how far we have come. Cryptocurrency had gained apparent …
Francois VIEILLESCAZES 20 January 2022 Companion trade marks can be assigned to the same examiner The trade mark legislation in Singapore does not define companion trade marks, but they are referred to in circulars of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) as multiple trade marks filed by an applicant on the same day for …
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Winston WONG 10 December 2021 – As 2021 comes to a close we review a prominent incident in January 2021 involving Reddit users and GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME), a company with its common stock traded on NYSE. A quick summary according to publicly available reports is as follows: GameStop is seen as a struggling video …
