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 […]

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

Geneva KANN Under changes to the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, the salary threshold for non-manual employees requiring work injury compensation insurance has been increased.  As of 1 April 2021, it is compulsory for Employers to buy work injury insurance covers for all non-manual employees earning $2600 or less a month. This is a further increase from