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 …
15 November 2021 – We are delighted to announce that Flint & Battery LLC has been ranked in The Straits Times Singapore’s top law firms in 2022. Flint & Battery LLC received the highest award, a five-star rating in the category “Technology, Media & Telecommunications”, and is top ranked based on frequency of recommendations of …
LEGAL UPDATE: PDPA (PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT – 10/2/2021 New amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) were announced November 2020. While many revisions are not technology-centric, and construct increasing responsibility on any business having contact with personal data, most have direct impact of increasing the compliance burden to technology services businesses holding personal …
