Ku De Ta nightclub is now Ce La Vi

This follows last month's court ruling for the nightspot to stop using its former name, after a five-year legal fight

Published Thu, Jun 4, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

PROMINENT nightspot Ku De Ta, housed on the 57th floor of Singapore's Marina Bay Sands hotel complex, has been replaced by new entertainment entity Ce La Vi.

The nightclub was given two weeks from a Court of Appeal ruling issued on May 25 to stop using the Ku De Ta name, after a five-year legal tussle with the partners of the Bali beachfront club that started using the Ku De Ta name in 2000. This followed a court ruling in December, which deemed that Nine Squares, the licensor of the Ku De Ta trademark in Singapore, did not own the trademark.

L Capital, the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy-backed Asian private equity firm that has a controlling stake in the Singapore nightclub, unveiled the new brand on Thursday, along with the announcement of a Ce La Vi outlet to be opened…