Intellectual property
‘Business as usual’: Fakes, piracy thrive in Vietnam as US tariff deadline nears
Washington threatens probe; Hanoi launches crackdowns, but counterfeit trade persists
Hanoi orders 20% surge in IP enforcement cases in May after US warning
This is part of a nationwide campaign to combat intellectual property violations
Puma fails to block registration of Tiger Woods-backed Sun Day Red trademark in Singapore
Even though both brand marks feature big cats in motion, the tribunal found that the differences in form, style and concept are decisive
Low-cost Ozempic copies launch in India as Novo Nordisk’s patent expires
One firm plans to make a semaglutide jab at a starting price of 1,290 rupees a month
Super Micro co-founder charged with sending AI tech to China
The news sent Super Micro’s shares plummeting more than 20% in pre-market trading
US social media giant Reddit fails to block Singapore firm’s ‘Reddio’ trademark registration
The US firm operates a popular online platform made for thousands of user-created communities known as subreddits
Singapore-based Piece Future helps startups leverage unused patents
It matches startups to companies and universities that have unused IP, so that the technologies are not sitting idle
China once stole foreign ideas. Now it wants to protect its own
The country’s courts are inundated with intellectual-property cases
Singapore inventor wins High Court suit against rivals who passed off similar doors as his design
The Malaysian company by Ng’s former employee Goh Song Guan, manufactures a similar slide-and-swing door known as “SD Door”
IMDA launches S$200 million Talent Accelerator Programme for Singapore’s media industry
It will focus on global distribution and intellectual property development in the sector
